Posted on 10/11/2021 1:23:50 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Frustrated with her husband's repeated broken promises to care for his prized fish, an Indonesian woman decided to cook his pet arowana to protest against his laziness.
A viral TikTok video shared on Oct 8 — with more than six million views — shows user Mia Kurniawan scaling and seasoning the freshwater fish, before deep frying it.
More from AsiaOne Read the condensed version of this story, and other top stories with NewsLite. Kurniawan said in the video: "My husband kept promising to clean the aquarium after I told him to. I thought it would be delicious if I fried it."
Ending the 20-second video by crossing her thumb and index finger in a 'heart' gesture, she wrote in an accompanying text: "Already cooked and ready to eat".
In the comments, netizens were shocked by Kurniawan's actions — with some leaving messages of support for her husband's loss.
"My brother cried seeing this." PHOTO: Screengrab from TikTok
"Wow, when her husband finds out, he's definitely crying his heart out." PHOTO: Screengrab from TikTok In subsequent videos responding to comments from netizens, Kurniawan said that her husband is looking to buy another arowana and has forgiven her for killing his pet fish.
The Asian arowana, or commonly named as dragon fish, is prized as a symbol of wealth and prosperity in countries such as China and Japan.
Coveted for its glimmering scales and supposedly spiritual aura, this luxury ornamental fish is rumoured to sell for up to US$300,000 (S$450,000).
Since the Asian arowana is listed as an endangered species under the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List, a license is required from NParks to import it to Singapore.
That would be one dead wife.
“...this luxury ornamental fish is rumoured to sell for up to US$300,000 (S$450,000).”
If true I’d say she made a big mistake in killing it.
does she have something against sushi?
The husband should reciprocate this kind gesture of his devoted wife and prepare her a nice fugu fish meal.
Some go even higher than that.
He’s lucky he didn’t promise to clean the litter box......
Fish are food.
However, I wonder what would have happened if TikTok didn’t exist. No point in the gesture if you can’t attention-whore it, right?
Don’t tic toc. Chines spy program
Wanda?
I like fish, but NO fish is gonna taste that good!
What? You won’t clean the kitty litter box?
Or the kids' room.
Wait. You’d kill your wife over killing a fish that you didn’t care about?
Strange.
I used to have several aquariums back in the 70’s and the tropical fish store where I did business had an Arowana in a large tank that was close to three feet in length. It was not for sale.
Are they tasty?
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