Pucker up

Every time I see or read about blowfishes, I'm reminded of the time I was in a trendy Japanese restaurant in Seattle and one of my favorite co-workers ever went up--delightfully--to one of the fish tanks and tapped on the glass. At which point she was so startled by the blowfish's predictable reaction that she jumped back, only to swing back onto the glass and laughingly puff out her own cheeks and bug out her eyes in response.

The expression on the faces of the couple sitting at the table directly under the tank only added to my mirth.

Corbis photo via New York Magazine; their caption is worth checking out.