DDW Challenge: esurient - hungry or greedy

Don’t be fooled by the expression. Butter wouldn’t melt … unless accompanied by fresh tarragon and parsley.

This is not your best mate, particularly if you happen to be a mullet, prawn or a shrimp. Barry is from Australia where he apparently enjoys a short and happy life, until served up in a restaurant.

According to wikipedia Barramundi are generally placid and sociable …. although the feeding reflex is violent and sudden.

I was brought up by my dear old mother to regard anyone with table manners like this as greedy.

“Look at that boy.”, she would often say; “his feeding reflex is violent and sudden. He is a very greedy boy and you’re not to play with him any more”.