The real BATMAN
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Personally I am not a fan of the Batman Rays. But if it is going to a good home, which
most of should know who it possibly is, I don't have a problem with that person taking
it in and caring for it. I really doubt he is going to try to be the next Dr. Moreau and
flood the world with mutants.
And besides if it ISN'T a genetic defect then we don't have to worry about the world
being flooded with them because it can't be passed on.
most of should know who it possibly is, I don't have a problem with that person taking
it in and caring for it. I really doubt he is going to try to be the next Dr. Moreau and
flood the world with mutants.
And besides if it ISN'T a genetic defect then we don't have to worry about the world
being flooded with them because it can't be passed on.
as the sister to a bioengentics major who does alot of animal testing, and we have heated debats on such things. I find this thread interesting.. I have to agree w/ Gr8 so far. I do think it would be intreagueing to take biopsies of expired older rays of this defect and compare the bloodwork, pathology ect. BUt to deny an animla at a shot at a healthy long life because it looks weird.. Should have killed every hybrid then that ever happened or mutation, and then take genetic engenearing and throw all of that out the window.
so I am guessing that your sibling, the biogenetics major, doesn;t agree with you, if that is your opinion and you guys have heated debates on the subject?
I am guessing here that most of you have no problem at all killing any other kind of pest, rodents for instance, even if they are in themselves healthy, so doesn't that present a conflicting double standard? " I can kill a healthy mammal but not a defective fish".
Again, if this defective ray had no $$ value the ray would have been in the trash or under a microscope the same day it was born.
Again, if this defective ray had no $$ value the ray would have been in the trash or under a microscope the same day it was born.
DavidW;3364175; said:
Exterminating a pest cannot be compared to culling a healthy captive bred pet due to a birth defect.
Generally when you exterminate a pest, it is because of associated health risks - in your example of rodents, Weils disease is passed in their urine.
Assuming that its birth defect is not contageous - surely there is no argument to exterminate the ray?
Cultural differences. In the Amazon rays are considered a pest, much more so than Pirrhanas.
Some cultures think cows are sacred animals, or pigs are unclean animals, other cultures eat them. If you ever get hit by a ray you will understand the health risks too. Just keeping tropical fish can present a health risk, given some of the nasty pathogens that can be found in many tanks (eg: vibrio cholera)
Surely figuring out any associated health issues with a batman ray and figuring out the original causes of the defect make it worth more dead than it is worth alive.
Some cultures think cows are sacred animals, or pigs are unclean animals, other cultures eat them. If you ever get hit by a ray you will understand the health risks too. Just keeping tropical fish can present a health risk, given some of the nasty pathogens that can be found in many tanks (eg: vibrio cholera)
Surely figuring out any associated health issues with a batman ray and figuring out the original causes of the defect make it worth more dead than it is worth alive.
