Catfish feeding video

[Wanda hornsey]

 

[BigIan]

Fat bar stewARD, OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT

 

[morgan]

This kind of topic if quite interesting (although unpleasant). It sorts out the kind of people you would like to meet and the ones you hope you never do! I'm saying no more.

 

[Phoenixfish]

man that really wasn't plesant..
nice fish tho..

 

[nmonks]

I'm afraid I find that kind of thing pretty sick.

There is, just possibly, an argument for getting rid of misformed livebearer or other fry is perhaps defensible as a quick way to kill them. But simply feeding goldfish to a predatory catfish -- simply for the fun of it -- is indefensible.

I know there are people who enjoy seeing "nature red in tooth and claw", but if that's so, they should play the game too. Live with the bears. Stop using pharmaceuticals. Catch their own food. Basically take their chances with nature just like those goldfish. Otherwise its simply sadism, the same brutal cruelty that drove Romans to the amphitheatres to watch lions eat people and gladiators fight to the death.

Looking at that film, it's obvious from the breaks that the goldfish were dumped into an alien habitat with a predator for many minutes, perhaps hours, before they died. They had plenty of time to be stressed and scared. Goldfish would take several minutes to die from asphyxiation, assuming that was the immediate cause of death.

Besides, cheap feeder fish are a good way to introduce parasites and bacteria, and a single species of prey animal cannot possibly provide a balanced diet. In my honest opinion, if you cannot wean a fish onto frozen food, or small invertebrates like earthworms and river shrimp, then that fish shouldn't really be in captivity.

Cheers,

Neale

 

[timmystood]

I'm afraid I find that kind of thing pretty sick.

There is, just possibly, an argument for getting rid of misformed livebearer or other fry is perhaps defensible as a quick way to kill them. But simply feeding goldfish to a predatory catfish -- simply for the fun of it -- is indefensible.

I know there are people who enjoy seeing "nature red in tooth and claw", but if that's so, they should play the game too. Live with the bears. Stop using pharmaceuticals. Catch their own food. Basically take their chances with nature just like those goldfish. Otherwise its simply sadism, the same brutal cruelty that drove Romans to the amphitheatres to watch lions eat people and gladiators fight to the death.

Looking at that film, it's obvious from the breaks that the goldfish were dumped into an alien habitat with a predator for many minutes, perhaps hours, before they died. They had plenty of time to be stressed and scared. Goldfish would take several minutes to die from asphyxiation, assuming that was the immediate cause of death.

Besides, cheap feeder fish are a good way to introduce parasites and bacteria, and a single species of prey animal cannot possibly provide a balanced diet. In my honest opinion, if you cannot wean a fish onto frozen food, or small invertebrates like earthworms and river shrimp, then that fish shouldn't really be in captivity.

Cheers,

Neale

 

[Phoenixfish]

just a little point Neale,
if you look at what other people have put most agree with you just we said it in a few words or the appropriote smilie ...just a point

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

 

[africantigerfish7]

Knowing that that fishes jaws are mostly flesh, and from how fast it downed that goldfish, it is very likely that it died from a combo of suffocation and digestion. It was probably being digested while suffocating. I don't mind when people feed fish other fish, but only when it's necessary, or when they are weaning the fish. The gulper does not need live fish because it will eat anything you put in the tank that will fit in its mouth. Literally. Just a thought.

 

[allaboutthefish]

Yes i agree with all of you, i have posted a message on this topic the other day and just stumbled upon it again. I think you should have left it in the petshop or where ever you got it. it's sick to see a savage preditor in such a small enviroment let alone the poor goalfish who stand no chance. it's not right and i think someone should get rid of this post altogether. anyone agree??

 

[morgan]

I agree, please get rid. No need to encourage cruelty. It would be different if the fish had to eat live Goldfish to survive but apparently it could eat something else.

 

[Fishkeeper2004]

Horrible video.. who would want to watch that?

 

[guppy_man]

those goldfish are quite nice looking they must of cost about £3
what type of golfish are they?

nice catfish to.

 

[Ginge]

I would say more considering the size. what a way to go.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

those goldfish are quite nice looking they must of cost about £3
what type of golfish are they?

nice catfish to.

They cost the guy 'a couple of bucks'.