生存競争の縮図｜The Epitome of Survival

２歳のムスメが水族館に行きたいと言うので連れて行った。品川プリンスホテルにある水族館で、大したことないだろうと思っていたら結構見応えがあった。水の中を暴れまくるイルカショーや天井まで広がる水槽など楽しいひと時だった。エイがスマイルの顔をして優雅に泳ぐ隣で魚の群れが一斉に泳ぐ。その時エイが魚をマントのような身体で追い詰めている。最初はたまたま覆い被さったのかと思ったら、あのにこやかな顔がデビルになっている。バリバリバリという感じで魚が飲み込まれていく。満足そうなエイの口元には尾びれがのぞいている。目撃していた親子は顔面蒼白。あゝ、優雅に見えた水族館も実は生存競争の縮図なんだなぁ。（絵と文：サカキテツ朗）

2023/06/12

My two-year-old daughter wanted to go to the aquarium, so I took her. It is in the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, and I thought it would be nothing special, but it was quite worth seeing. We had a great time watching the dolphins running wild in the water and the aquarium tank that extends all the way to the ceiling. A school of fish swam in unison next to a ray swimming gracefully with a smile on its face. Then the rays were chasing down the fish with their cloak-like bodies. At first I thought it was accidentally covered up, but then that smiling face turned into a devil. The fish is swallowed up with a crunching sound. A tail fin peeks out from the mouth of the satisfied ray. The mother and daughter who were witnessing the event were pale. Ah, the elegant aquarium is in fact a microcosm of the struggle for survival. -Text and illustration by Ted Sakaki

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