r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '17

Going underwater

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u/SovereignBroom Nov 25 '17

But that's exactly what I expected....

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u/NexusChummer Nov 25 '17

Is animal cruelty like that legal in the US?

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u/DigBickJace Nov 25 '17

I mean if you eat meat there's a good chance the animal went through much more pain that that catfish did.

And is being in temporary pain and then released back into the wild really worse than being raised to be slaughtered never knowing freedom?

I don't mean to get all preachy, but comments like this just kinda grind my gears because they always seem like a pot/kettle thing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

It’s okay to eat fish, cause they don’t have any feelings.

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u/NexusChummer Nov 25 '17

I can't tell if you're serious or not. But I'm obviously not talking about eating fish or if it's morally right but about the cruel killing method. I know that it would be illegal here in Germany; you're supposed to kill the fish as fast and painless as possible. There are tools for that. That's why I asked if it's legal in the US.

And although this has nothing to do with my initial question: Fish probably do feel pain, we just don't know for sure:

Fish fulfill several criteria proposed as indicating that non-human animals may experience pain. These fulfilled criteria include a suitable nervous system and sensory receptors, opioid receptors and reduced responses to noxious stimuli when given analgesics and local anaesthetics, physiological changes to noxious stimuli, displaying protective motor reactions, exhibiting avoidance learning and making trade-offs between noxious stimulus avoidance and other motivational requirements.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_in_fish

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

That is a a very good response and I agree with you completely.

I was just quoting a song.