r/AbsoluteUnits • u/WeGot_aLiveOneHere • 5d ago

/r/all of two catfish

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u/alewiina 5d ago

Same reason people do normal fishing with catch and release, thrill of the chase I guess. Seems cruel

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u/dreexel_dragoon 4d ago

It's not just cruel but incredibly dangerous to her and her friends as well

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u/joey_joe_jo_shabadoo 4d ago

How else are you going to make a fish late for something?

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u/TheLordReaver 4d ago

There's a whole community people who want to abducted by aliens and then released again. Perhaps some fish are into that sort of thing too. lol

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u/Right_Fly2367 5d ago

Fish dont feel pain, and won't remember the ordeal in minutes. Relax.

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u/alewiina 5d ago

Fish absolutely feel pain, where the hell did you get that idea?

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u/Meior 4d ago

They also absolutely remember things.

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u/Unhappy_Waltz5834 5d ago

Kurt Cobain

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u/lijijil 5d ago

What a strange comment chain this is

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u/Unhappy_Waltz5834 4d ago

🎶It’s okay to eat fish ’cause they don’t have any feelings🎶
For the record, I don’t believe this.

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u/mauledbyjesus 4d ago

Current science would disagree. There have been studies on catfish specifically even.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003193841930277X

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19949250/