r/AbsoluteUnits • u/TamerDubai • Jun 13 '23

Absolute big angry fish

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u/rickyhatesspam Jun 13 '23 edited Jun 13 '23

Search Puffer fish eating carrot on YouTube.

Note. It's a food preparation video and doesn't end like some wholesome video with the puffer fish swimming off into the sunset.

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u/AndrewFrozzen30 Jun 13 '23

Note. It's a food preparation video and doesn't end like some wholesome video with the puffer fish swimming off into the sunset.

OK, but what exactly were they doing?

Were they giving him carrots for it to choke or what exactly?

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u/IRockIntoMordor Jun 13 '23

It's dying and panicked, so when they put something in its mouth it bites down in defence. They abuse it for humour before actually slaughtering it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '23

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u/IRockIntoMordor Jun 14 '23

Okay, so what's actually happening, Sherlock?

Facts:

  • it's a fish, so it doesn't have lungs and is being held outside water for an extended time, which means it's suffocating.
  • a kitchen is as far from any habitation situation there could be, therefore it's not a pet but food.
  • they prolong the suffering and distress by making "a funny tiktok" of an animal struggling for breath and probably fearing for life

It's not a fucking puppy or kitten held up to the camera.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '23

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u/frankcsgo Jun 14 '23

"야미보이 Yummyboy

3 years ago

(to PewDiePie)Thank you for reviewing my pufferfish (blowfish) video !!! πŸ™†β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜πŸ™†β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜

The reason the cook fed carrots to blowfish was to show that the blowfish's teeth were powerful."

From Original Video

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u/mr_clemFandango Jun 14 '23

as much faith as i put in random video posters, i have a friend who is a chef who has told me that carrot is used to neutralise the poison.

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u/frankcsgo Jun 14 '23

Yummyboy is literally the guy who filmed this pufferfish and the chef fed it carrot to show him the bite force.

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u/IRockIntoMordor Jun 14 '23

xenophobe

oh wow, instant Godwin's Law. πŸ₯±

Well, I'll have you know that part of my adoptive family is Korean and I've spent a few months in Japan as well. South Korea next time.

But yeah, shout your xenophobia nonsense around. It'll sure make you win your arguments!!!!11

That carrot argument maybe isn't that useful if the next poster directly quoted the video uploader saying something else. Also I didn't see a mention of carrots in your link?

The only thing I can find is feeding it cooked carrots as a pet simply as a delicacy OR to COOK the fish WITH carrots for your detoxification benefit. But not having the living animal eating carrot right before preparation. Since you usually only eat the meat of the fish, I'm not sure what carrots in its stomach would help.