Suicide.

Don't worry, not me.

I was heading over to my television to feed my beta fish, Bubs - his bowl is on top of it. Bubs, I've known since I got him, is a very aggressive fish. Every morning when I feed him he attacks his food and he quickly dives to the bottom of the bowl and tries to bury himself in the rocks. He does this whether or not I'm around his bowl. Today was horrible! I took the lid off to feed him - usually I keep the lid off while he eating so he can better see the food and so far it's been alright. Today...oh my...I took the lid off and reached for his food and that's when he made his escape - onto the top of my television. Now betas don't flop around when they're out of water (I just learned) so I thought he was instantly dead. No, I tried to scoop him back in his water when he jumped again and hit my leg and basically rolled down to my carpeted floor. Again, he didn't flop around making me assume he was, actually this time, dead. As I was trying to scoop him up in my hands he jumped again and then once more when I just moved to have a better angle at him. Finally I just waited until he jumped, caught him in my hands (which was weird) and plopped him back in his water. He's fine. Probably doesn't even know what happened. I fed him - with the lid on this time - and he ate just like normal, attacking his food and diving to the bottom. Since Bubs is a pretty big beta I think I'm going to tape the lid down so he can't push it open.

Apparently fish need to take walks too.