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they pull back if you catch them so i think that they feel a lesser extent of pain
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you make a lot of threads, you have many ideas and I'm retarded
Yeah
fish dont have feelings
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I can see that
Yes but they don't think or anything so it doesnt matter
yes bro
everything feels pain
Fish have brains and are averse to harm. I think it's likely that they can experience pain.
if they have nerves for it yeah
Would you torture your pet goldfish?
They act on instinct, so they know, danger, hunger and reproduction, this I know for sure, some bigger ones like cichlids, have the cognitive ability to understand territories and recognise individual fish, Some of them mate for life, so they can tell their mate from the others, they also recognise their off spring and look after them for months.
Do I think they can experience pain? Maybe I would suspect bigger ones like cichlids as I mentioned, arowanas, discus etc it is possible they could experience some sort of pain, For example i have had some cichlids who had parasites and they kept trying to rub them off as if they were experiencing discomfort at the least.
Smaller ones like characids (Neon tetra etc) no definitely not, they are literally just running on instinct, as I have not observed the same awareness of parasites in them, they simply continue on as normal as if nothing is wrong, same if they are sick they will just keep going until they die.
If you wish to kill one and you worry about causing it pain, put it in clove oil first to put it to sleep then poison it with alcohol (Much like killing a human with nitrogen).
I keep many fish myself (Around 60 or so)
Do I think they can experience pain? Maybe I would suspect bigger ones like cichlids as I mentioned, arowanas, discus etc it is possible they could experience some sort of pain, For example i have had some cichlids who had parasites and they kept trying to rub them off as if they were experiencing discomfort at the least.
Smaller ones like characids (Neon tetra etc) no definitely not, they are literally just running on instinct, as I have not observed the same awareness of parasites in them, they simply continue on as normal as if nothing is wrong, same if they are sick they will just keep going until they die.
If you wish to kill one and you worry about causing it pain, put it in clove oil first to put it to sleep then poison it with alcohol (Much like killing a human with nitrogen).
I keep many fish myself (Around 60 or so)
I read about it and fish brain lacks the ability to feel pain.
Their bodies react automatically to damage inflicted though
Their bodies react automatically to damage inflicted though
They certainly respond to being filleted alive.
fish are more intelligent than foids
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whats that? 
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