is there an obsession on this site for seeing one animal kill another

[darwengray]

i don`t know whether its just my age or i`m seeing things differently nowadays but there seems a sickness to my mind in todays hobby.
i cant believe how many people on this forum seem to delight in watching one fish eat another.
I`ve owned preds over the years and have fed them live fish when needs must but have always hated doing it.
I don`t want to be fed the spurrious argument that its replicating nature cos its not. prey animals have a chance to escape in the wild tipping one fish in with another in the confines of a tank is voyeuristic if it isn`t just a means to get a fish eating,
I find the lack of regard that some people here have for " prey animals " disturbing ,though i suspect many are young and haven`t yet developed the empathy factor that grownups develope.
Ive made mistakes and have marvelled at one fishes ability to swalow another but this deliberate destruction and in particular ill matched predator prey size is just sick in my mind,
Am i the only one here that thinks this! am i on the wrong site ?
i thought i was joining a forum that loved big fish not lets see fish suffering dot com .!
I`m 43 yo perhaps i`m just not down with the kids eh .or too old for these sorts of sites.

 

[AliceInChains]

yeah you got it...

 

[Nic]

i dont like all the kids on this site either but its part of the hobby this thread is gonna be a flamewar and all kinds of

 

[duke33]

Go eat your salad.

 

[AliceInChains]

Go eat your salad.

yeah but toss it first

 

[ewurm]

i don`t know whether its just my age or i`m seeing things differently nowadays but there seems a sickness to my mind in todays hobby.
i cant believe how many people on this forum seem to delight in watching one fish eat another.
I`ve owned preds over the years and have fed them live fish when needs must but have always hated doing it.
I don`t want to be fed the spurrious argument that its replicating nature cos its not. prey animals have a chance to escape in the wild tipping one fish in with another in the confines of a tank is voyeuristic if it isn`t just a means to get a fish eating,
I find the lack of regard that some people here have for " prey animals " disturbing ,though i suspect many are young and haven`t yet developed the empathy factor that grownups develope.
Ive made mistakes and have marvelled at one fishes ability to swalow another but this deliberate destruction and in particular ill matched predator prey size is just sick in my mind,
Am i the only one here that thinks this! am i on the wrong site ?
i thought i was joining a forum that loved big fish not lets see fish suffering dot com .!
I`m 43 yo perhaps i`m just not down with the kids eh .or too old for these sorts of sites.

Just when I was hoping there would be another thread for a potential flame war!

 

[ercnan]

i don`t know whether its just my age or i`m seeing things differently nowadays but there seems a sickness to my mind in todays hobby.
i cant believe how many people on this forum seem to delight in watching one fish eat another.
I`ve owned preds over the years and have fed them live fish when needs must but have always hated doing it.
I don`t want to be fed the spurrious argument that its replicating nature cos its not. prey animals have a chance to escape in the wild tipping one fish in with another in the confines of a tank is voyeuristic if it isn`t just a means to get a fish eating,
I find the lack of regard that some people here have for " prey animals " disturbing ,though i suspect many are young and haven`t yet developed the empathy factor that grownups develope.
Ive made mistakes and have marvelled at one fishes ability to swalow another but this deliberate destruction and in particular ill matched predator prey size is just sick in my mind,
Am i the only one here that thinks this! am i on the wrong site ?
i thought i was joining a forum that loved big fish not lets see fish suffering dot com .!
I`m 43 yo perhaps i`m just not down with the kids eh .or too old for these sorts of sites.

Salad or not, it's the nature of the beast(s), site(s).
This is not the only place you will find what you speak of.
We are the same age, so some of what you say I understand.
Having said that, I might be putting myself down to another level in your opinion, because no, I don't feed my fish other fish at all, but I do feed my snakes rats/mice.
Not for the "sheer enjoyment" of it, but for the "sheer husbandry" of it.
And to go maybe even lower, I kill the rats/mice before feeding.
I don't advertise it, make movies of it, etc., it's just a thing I do to keep the animals I want.
You are right though, some folks seem to take great delight in watching it.
It really is nature, even in the confines of a "box".
How many cows and chickens are slaughtered in a box on a daily basis so we have KFC and MCD's ?
Everything has to eat, the problem is nobody makes movies of cows eating grass.

 

[ercnan]

yeah but toss it first

Be sure to toss in my turtle tank, he loves the stuff.

 

[darwengray]

Go eat your salad.

i`m not a greeny or animal hugging yoghurt knitter but i like to think i have some sort of regard for other living things .
there`s some fantastic discussions on this site.
but the `i love killing things ` i just don`t get.

 

[duke33]

well said.