VIDEO: 8" Catfish vs 11" Snakehead
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I think its pretty cool. How can u not? Throwing puppiers out the window on the highway doesn't happen in nature. A snakehead biting and doing the death roll on his prey is. Its watching the animals act out its killer instinct. Nothing immature abt that man.fishman76092 said:
Im sorry, can someone who is not 13 years old please respond.
Having a snakehead act out what it does in nature in a confined environment is not 'natural' either. Its one thing to have it eat 3" feeder fish....they go down quickly. Its another thing to think its '*****in' to have it carry an 8" fish around until it can tear it in half. Its the opposite of humane.
I too keep predatory fish from Bagarius yarelli to Cichla temensis and I have fed live food to them.....until I trained them to eat frozen shrimp, fish, etc.
People can have the opinion either way......I personally feel its ridiculous to choose to be cruel. The analog to this with dogs is the deal where people steal small dogs from people in order to use them as 'eye candy' with aggressive dogs in confined spaces. If thats ok.....then Ill find a therapist for you in your hometown.
Having a snakehead act out what it does in nature in a confined environment is not 'natural' either. Its one thing to have it eat 3" feeder fish....they go down quickly. Its another thing to think its '*****in' to have it carry an 8" fish around until it can tear it in half. Its the opposite of humane.
I too keep predatory fish from Bagarius yarelli to Cichla temensis and I have fed live food to them.....until I trained them to eat frozen shrimp, fish, etc.
People can have the opinion either way......I personally feel its ridiculous to choose to be cruel. The analog to this with dogs is the deal where people steal small dogs from people in order to use them as 'eye candy' with aggressive dogs in confined spaces. If thats ok.....then Ill find a therapist for you in your hometown.
First of all all in both of your "analogies" you shared do not come even close to what just happened. You compared "dropping puppies out windows", has nothing to do with a fish eating or killing, then you came back with another one about dogs. These are fish. Not dogs so find a better analogy. Dogs and fish are nothing a like period. Second this was not a "fish fight" it was a feeding video. That catfish was not put in the tank to be a sparing partner, it was food period and it served its purpose. I do agree that it is personal opinion on feeding live things to your pets, but I feel it was done responsibly the catfish was killed reasonably quickly.
No one forced you to watch it but either you choose to, or you just assumed it was "inhumane" without any evidence then. It does not take a 13 yr. old to think a preditory fish show casing it's preditory skills to a "feeder" is amusing or interesting. The only way I would even agree with anything you said is had that video been taken of a "fish fight" or a fish that was not ment to be a feeder being ripped apart. Not posting to start a big argument but you seem very opinionated in your post so I figured I would be in mine too.
PS. Decapitation is considered a human death. Which is what happened realitively quickly like I already stated.
No one forced you to watch it but either you choose to, or you just assumed it was "inhumane" without any evidence then. It does not take a 13 yr. old to think a preditory fish show casing it's preditory skills to a "feeder" is amusing or interesting. The only way I would even agree with anything you said is had that video been taken of a "fish fight" or a fish that was not ment to be a feeder being ripped apart. Not posting to start a big argument but you seem very opinionated in your post so I figured I would be in mine too.
PS. Decapitation is considered a human death. Which is what happened realitively quickly like I already stated.
Adema, My first 'analogy' about throwing dogs out of moving cars was simply to imply that the cameraman must have thought it cool to watch what had occurred.
The second analogy is completely accurate. A pitbull vs a poodle is no more a fight than this snakehead vs. the Clarias spp. If it was simply to feed the snakehead, then why feed it a fish over half of its size? Also, why is the title written the way it was written....the term 'vs.' implies a fight.
Lets not beat around the bush....it was for shock value, not for food. The person who owns the snakehead liked the carnage it could do to this fish. The same reason why people throw poodles to the pit bulls.
By the way, have you ever kept a large Red Tail Cat? If not, then youll not understand how fish and dogs are similar. They are both pets.
Oh and last but not least.....decapitation is not considered an humane death in this country as it was outlawed as a method of capital punishment in the USA quite some time ago. If you are a fan or the Torah or if you are a Muslim, then you will disagree as this practice continues today in certain parts of the world.
Ask the American soldiers' families who had to see their loved one being decapitated on the internet a couple years ago about how humane it was.....I saw it....it wasn't.
I am obviously in the minority here.....or maybe Im the only one who will cause a bit of controversy. You are correct that nobody forced me to watch the video. To each their own, I suppose.
The second analogy is completely accurate. A pitbull vs a poodle is no more a fight than this snakehead vs. the Clarias spp. If it was simply to feed the snakehead, then why feed it a fish over half of its size? Also, why is the title written the way it was written....the term 'vs.' implies a fight.
Lets not beat around the bush....it was for shock value, not for food. The person who owns the snakehead liked the carnage it could do to this fish. The same reason why people throw poodles to the pit bulls.
By the way, have you ever kept a large Red Tail Cat? If not, then youll not understand how fish and dogs are similar. They are both pets.
Oh and last but not least.....decapitation is not considered an humane death in this country as it was outlawed as a method of capital punishment in the USA quite some time ago. If you are a fan or the Torah or if you are a Muslim, then you will disagree as this practice continues today in certain parts of the world.
Ask the American soldiers' families who had to see their loved one being decapitated on the internet a couple years ago about how humane it was.....I saw it....it wasn't.
I am obviously in the minority here.....or maybe Im the only one who will cause a bit of controversy. You are correct that nobody forced me to watch the video. To each their own, I suppose.
Obviously that video was ment to have some "shock value", had it have been of a gold fish eating flakes nobody including you would have cared or watched it. Also when I said dogs and any mamal as far as that goes can not be compared to fish I was NOT talking about attachment or sentimental value, I'm talking about brains and genetics.
You can not compare euthenising a fish to capital punishment like you did either. I guess I was not clear though when I said that, so I'll take partial blame for that too. Most people I know "put down'' large fish by decapition and I do feel that it is humane.
At any rate though I know I can't force you to change your mind maybe just choose not to participate in it if you think it it wrong. Obviously the moderators and rest of the site admin. did not find it too cruel and unusual.
I still don't agree with the Poodle and Pitbull analogy though. That catfish was eaten and not wasted or left for dead like the Poodle would be. I do agree that the title could be changed to not give people the idea it could be a fish fight.
PS. I checked out your gallery and was very impressed with your fish room. Very nicely done. Like the RTC, I do have one by the way, hope you have a big tank ready for him when he needs it. It looks very well taken care of now.
You can not compare euthenising a fish to capital punishment like you did either. I guess I was not clear though when I said that, so I'll take partial blame for that too. Most people I know "put down'' large fish by decapition and I do feel that it is humane.
At any rate though I know I can't force you to change your mind maybe just choose not to participate in it if you think it it wrong. Obviously the moderators and rest of the site admin. did not find it too cruel and unusual.
I still don't agree with the Poodle and Pitbull analogy though. That catfish was eaten and not wasted or left for dead like the Poodle would be. I do agree that the title could be changed to not give people the idea it could be a fish fight.
PS. I checked out your gallery and was very impressed with your fish room. Very nicely done. Like the RTC, I do have one by the way, hope you have a big tank ready for him when he needs it. It looks very well taken care of now.
