Fighting fish raised alone in recycled bottles in Vietnam
By AFP
17 April 2021 |
4:24 pm
Thousands of glass and plastic bottles lie across the floor of Tran Ngoc Thang's ornamental fish farm in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, each home to an aggressive, brightly coloured betta fish.
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