ATTN. PETA..........

[Albel]

heres the scienific explination

FISH DO NOT HAVE THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE OF PAIN OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF AWARENESS

The experience of pain depends on functions of our complex, enlarged cerebral hemispheres. The unpleasant emotional aspect of pain is generated by specific regions of the human cerebral hemispheres, especially the frontal lobes. The functional activity of these frontal lobe regions is closely tied to the emotional aspect of pain in humans and damage of these brain regions in people eliminates the unpleasantness of pain. These regions do not exist in a fish brain. Therefore, a fish doesn’t appear to have the neurological capacity to experience the unpleasant psychological aspect of pain. This point is especially important, because some opponents of fishing have argued that fish are capable of feeling pain because some of the lower, subcortical nervous system pathways important for nociception are present in fish. Obviously this argument has no validity because without the special frontal lobe regions that are essential for pain experiences, lower pathways alone can’t produce this experience. The rapid, well-coordinated escape responses of a fish to nociceptive stimuli are generated automatically at brainstem and spinal cord levels but, if a fish’s brainstem and spinal cord work like a humans (and it is very likely that they do) there is no awareness of neural activity occurring at these levels.

Ummm... lets just say I would not bet my right arm on that one!
If there is something we know VERY little of it is the functions of the human brain! Very recently researchers have discovered that areas they had never even suspected were capable of storing memories....
Something I have learned from psychology classes in uni, is that the brain is way more complex than we can imagine and we are FAR form understanding it accurately!
Even if the fish don't have the same brain as we do, it does not mean that they don't feel pain. The argument over fishing and fish pain is mainly that the fish's MOUTH is believed to be unsensitive to the hook peircing it. Predatory fish have adapted to eat fish, that developed pointy spines as a protection. Thus by having highly unsensitive mouths the fish can gobble up spiny fish or insects without much pain!

Something I've noticed while fishing pike (I use a paddle boat and like fishing in shallow areas where I can see the fish ), is that it is not uncommon for it to gobble up the lure (rapalas with many hooks on them) and just stay there without reacting (even when hooked)... until I start reeling in! Thats when they panick. Its probably very unhealthy for the fish though, as they get a loads of stress!

But I've seen fish react violently when a BASTARD cousin would slightly poke it with a sharp knife, and struggle less harshly when he was simply pressuring it with his fingers....
A fish will also react violently if something nips its body a little, or if burning chemicals enter its environment. When you think of it, fish live in environments with tons of rocks, plants and all sort of things they will daily have to rub against ect... so they need to feel some form of pain to know that its something biting or attacking them... not just their body leaning on a leaf or rock.

 

[Albel]

So maybe they don't feel pain, who knows! But its kinda cruel to do something that can be very painfull to being, under the assuption that perhaps it does not feel pain!

And when you think of it, those painted and dyed fish are meant to be decorative, and to attract little kids, superficial female teens, lovers who want it as a gift for a commercial occasion... people who won't care about the fish... only that it says "I love U" on it or has a little flower, or is soo awsome it has to be bought! The problem is... even if the fish lives long, the colors fade away! Then the impulse buy of "Oh its a fish with a heart and it wears makeup like a human how funny!" turns into "darn its pretty ugly now... maybe we should get rid of it?". You can't expect much for a fish cosmetically designed to attract materialistic people who don't know or give a damn about fish but finds that this one will make a sweet st-valentines gift for his loved one.... "I LOVE YOU!"
I know a petshop that sells some, and when they are freshly dyed they sell like crazy, but the few that remain (or those with less dye) and see their dye fade away are doomed to never find a buyer! People don't buy them when the dye is fading (and god is a fading dye ever ugly on those fish)... yet those that have been sold will also see their dye fade away... what happens then!?

 

[Death Pony]

I heard that if you stomp on them just right they make a very cool popping noise.

Hybrid fish suck.

Now you've done it, i'm not gonna be able to get to sleep tonight because I'll have the imagine of an exploding blood parrot that loves someone exploding! It's sort of like those 5 roadkill squirrels I saw in one drive today. I took pictures.....

 

[oddballer]

Now you've done it, i'm not gonna be able to get to sleep tonight because I'll have the imagine of an exploding blood parrot that loves someone exploding! It's sort of like those 5 roadkill squirrels I saw in one drive today. I took pictures.....

 

[PATSFAN69]

Sounds like a great meal, boiled blood parrot with some fried roadkill. Does anyone have any steamed rice?

BTW, Nice pics Baller.

 

[Death Pony]

Sorry, but I think PETA saw this and is going for your family members first......... That made absolutely no sense, they can't harm animals or they have to commit suicide, I think your safe. That is unless they're making exceptions....