The other night we were getting ready for bed. Part of our routine as new pet owners is to feed the fish and turn off their light. We got it done. I got the boys to bed. Came back into the living room and the light was on again. I turned it off and went to bed. The next morning I got up and the light was already on. I asked the boys if they had already fed the fish. They said no. I commented that the light keeps coming back on. Mattix said "mom fish don't sleep. They probably don't like the dark. We need to keep the light on."
Mason asked me "do fish really not sleep?" Well I have no idea. So we did what any mom in new internet knows everything era, we googled it and found out that, fish rest but don't sleep. Apparently they can't stay still because they move their gills to keep them breathing. But they don't really know if they actually sleep. Kids are full of all sorts of questions. I guess it's a sneaky way of keeping their parents learning too. I'm constantly having to look stuff up to find the answers to their questions.
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