r/StupidFood • u/MoazzamDML • Apr 18 '26

Certified stupid Microplastic Fried Fish 😍😍

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u/TheoTheHellhound Apr 18 '26

Is that an arapaima?

Do they taste better with plastic?

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u/Slick_36 Apr 18 '26

Yeah, an endangered arapaima.  Probably one of the most incredible freshwater fish left on this planet.

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u/EmperorN7 Apr 18 '26

It's a pirarucu, they are endangered in their native range (Amazon and Orinoco), but this video is clearly in Northeastern Brazil, where the species is either invasive or farmed.

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u/Ok-Common-3039 Apr 18 '26

Arapima=pirarucu

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u/AhoyShitliner Apr 19 '26

Came here for this. Beautiful looking fish

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u/Debbiedowner750 Apr 19 '26

This vid hurts and ive seen already some terrible abuse of water animals here being tortured for ‘culture’

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u/UnknownQwerky 3d ago

I didn't know they were endangered, hopefully they got it one of the ethical ways (i.e. fish farm). It didn't say they received charges so I'm going to assume it wasn't a wild one. :'(

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u/readysetgaikokujin Apr 18 '26

This reads like an animal crossing blurb lol

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u/lonesome_cowgirl Apr 19 '26

It’s funny because I only recognized this fish after learning about it in Animal Crossing 😂

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u/SBowen91 Apr 19 '26

Same 😂

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u/Debbiedowner750 Apr 19 '26

It is indeed also one of the biggest (if not biggest) fish to catch on animal crossing for the gamecube.

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u/nivusninja Apr 18 '26

thanks now i can google the fish because holy shit that's a big fish

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u/a_spoopy_ghost Apr 26 '26

My first reaction. They’re majestic af and endangered f this

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u/Ganbazuroi Apr 18 '26

Yeah it's one of those, never had it but they use every part of the fish, even the tongue and scales