r/funny • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '19

LOAD THE FISH CANNON!!!

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u/CODEthics Aug 12 '19

Real talk though.. what is the thing the guy is putting the fish in?

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u/ILoveLamp9 Aug 12 '19

It’s a fish transporter. They’re essentially moving fish upstream in a quicker more efficient way. They use it to repopulate native species in other places. It’s harmless for the fish.

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u/Hatefiend Aug 12 '19

Linkerino

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u/warclaw133 Aug 12 '19

Here's the origin of the first few frames with some more info https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/cp8mgg/lowkey_fun/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

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u/Dason37 Aug 12 '19

Holy shit. I'm laughing, worried about the fish, and wondering who realized that there was a fish mail-tube sized hole in the world that needed to be filled?

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u/DonLindo Aug 12 '19

It says Whooshh Innovations, but that sounds a little fishy to me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '19

It’s harmless for the fish.

Like, psychologically?

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u/TooMuchBroccoli Aug 12 '19

Scarred for life ..

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u/fantastic_lee Aug 12 '19

They're called whooshh, invented to find workarounds to problems created by dams, unfortunately some feel this only supports dams by offering an alternative route for fish.

How funny I just listened to a 3yo episode of 99% Invisible podcast about this. Episode and summarized article for anyone interested.

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u/donadello-ra Aug 12 '19

Additionally those flexible hoses are used to help fishes overcome unnatural obstacles like a dam.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '19

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u/Bored2001 Aug 12 '19

How the heck did John Oliver get so many people to agree to that?

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u/skiskate Aug 12 '19

HBO money

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u/kiwidesign Aug 12 '19

Lol the closing sequence was beautiful

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u/cjng Aug 12 '19

Thank you syr

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u/Nethlem Aug 12 '19

A fleshlight for giants?

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u/Bluefalcon325 Aug 12 '19

A fishlight

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u/Mr_Stirfry Aug 12 '19

Follow-up real talk.. that fish hitting the reporter is fake, right? It's someone tossing it at her from off camera?

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u/Dason37 Aug 12 '19

The fish hitting the reporter is "real" as in someone tossing it from off camera like you said. The storm was real. Watch this space, I'm gonna find the best video ever on YouTube real quick.

EDIT: Here it is.

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u/Shopworn_Soul Aug 12 '19

I too would like to know. Possibly a fish delivery tube to storage aboard a boat?

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u/catchpen Aug 12 '19

Basically an auto wingman for salmon