do you fast your male betta?

[DragonScales+Doubletails]

fish kinda lack that part of a brain

 

[itiwhetu]

Just got some frozen, already cooked and skinned prawns from the shop, does it matter if it says 99% prawn and 1% salt?

No, I wouldn't think so.

 

[Slaphppy7]

How do you know that for sure, us humans aren't that clever that we know what other species think or feel?

Fish are not neurologically comparable to humans, or even mammals, to convey emotion

 

[itiwhetu]

fish kinda lack that part of a brain

They may use another part of the brain for those things, something we haven't thought of yet.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

They may use another part of the brain for those things, something we haven't thought of yet.

That's hypothetically possible - I'd like to imagine that most living creatures feel emotions of some shade, since emotions are usually tied to survival instincts of some kind - fear is a fantastic motivator in most creatures!

However, it isn't scientifically proven, and there's a danger in ascribing human emotions onto our fish. The amount of people I've seen describe their fish as happy and playful, when the fish was actually stressed and dying.... we're not always great at reading the emotions or motivations of other humans, let alone other animals.

As @Byron has stated far more eloquently than I can, the best we can do is to replicate their natural environment as closely as possible, and hope that the fish are content with that.

 

[itiwhetu]

If fish don't have emotions, then they don't feel pain as pain is an emotion, therefore it reasons you can do anything to your fish, because they don't feel anything.

I don't believe this statement; I believe we just don't know what fish feel or think.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

If fish don't have emotions, then they don't feel pain as pain is an emotion, therefore it reasons you can do anything to your fish, because they don't feel anything.

I don't believe this statement; I believe we just don't know what fish feel or think.

Pain isn't an emotion though. It's a physiological response to stimulus.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Pain isn't an emotion though. It's a physiological response to stimulus.

Indeed...physical pain

There exists emotional/psychological "pain", as well, that the lower vertebrates do not experience.

 

[itiwhetu]

Indeed...physical pain

There exists emotional/psychological "pain", as well, that the lower vertebrates do not experience.

I will always think that "Charlie" (The Oscar) died of a broken heart when his companion passed away, I think he thought there was no purpose to his life anymore. Cichlids are more intelligent than we give them credit for.

 

[AmyKieran]

I will always think that "Charlie" (The Oscar) died of a broken heart when his companion passed away, I think he thought there was no purpose to his life anymore. Cichlids are more intelligent than we give them credit for.

I’m going to create a separate debate thread for this topic one moment

 

[AmyKieran]

I wasnt buying the - its meant to help clean up uneaten food.
it's a gut/ digestive thing for those who are a bit more experimental with feeding 'meaty' food,
I was reading an academic paper recently that said fish like omelettes (No, seriously)
anyone tried that ?

I know you can feed fry egg pushed through a towel?

Omelette I dunno lol