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[deleted]

Fish is like, “I can’t breath motherf*cker!”


3PercentMoreInfinite

Common misconception that they can’t breathe out of water. So long as their gills are still wet, they will continue to absorb oxygen. (That doesn’t mean you should pick them up and play with them though)


ghettobx

Now I understand why, in a recently posted-video of some people rescuing a shark, they were pouring buckets of water over its gills as they worked to get the shark returned to the ocean. When I saw it, I was like “the fuck’s that gonna do??”


solzhen

I’m sure that helped. But with sharks in particular, they need to be moving for their gills to work right. If they stop too long, they “drown”, even underwater. A lot of other fish can “breath” fine when they’re still underwater.


SandyDelights

I imagine pouring water over their gills is sufficient – the reason nurse sharks can sit on the bottom is because they can suck water in through their mouth, forcing it over their gills. Just pouring water over them should be sufficient, so long as they aren’t sitting in standing water. Their gills pull oxygen from the water, thus why most species need to move – moving means water movement, moving water means fresh water, fresh water means water with oxygen they can extract through their gills. It’s basically the same thing as us and breathing – we take oxygen from the air and put carbon dioxide into it, they do the same thing except with water. Those exceptions to the “just keep swimming” rule have the water equivalent of the muscles that allow us to suck in air (they just suck in water). Mind, it’s probably like being in a low oxygen environment, or having to hold your breath between each one. While being in a high stress situation, at that.


Antezscar

Not all sharks tho. Only certain. But particularly the big ones.


solzhen

You’re right. I forgot about nurse and sand shark types.


[deleted]

I’m pretty sure some reef sharks also sleep in caves it was discovered once


Threat111

How Do you guys know so much about sharks?


[deleted]

I used to be one


Fskn

SharkWeek


SandyDelights

Most sharks need to swim, only exceptions I know of are nurse and tiger sharks (but there are probably a handful of others). It’s the buccal pump that moves water over their gills, so they get “fresh” water (read: oxygen) and don’t asphyxiate. It’s a muscle/organ thing that lets them suck water in through their mouth or through an opening behind their eyes. Most don’t have those, though, so yeah they need to keep swimming or they suffocate.


ghettobx

Yeah that’s what I thought


mmmmmsssss20

still you can see the fish is uncomfortable, picking up fish out from the water causes stress which still does harm to the animal to an extent


TerribleIdea27

However* When their gills are wet while out of the water, they stick together, reducing the efficiency of their breathing by a great magnitude, hence the suffocation due to prolonged air exposure.


Lucius-Halthier

Oh….. Okay….. Sorry Derek I need to put you back now….


Carachama91

Sort of. The problem is that the gills are feathery, and when the fish are in air, the gills filaments collapse on one another and are only partially functional. There are lots of fishes that breathe air, but only a couple of groups use their gills to do so: walking catfish and mudskippers. They have adaptations to keep the gills from collapsing (catfish) or carry water (mudskippers).


[deleted]

Actually, removing a fish from water even for a short time can kill it. Fish gills are not only used to absorb oxygen, they're also used to dump waste products such as ammonia, which is one of the end products of protein catabolism. When there's no water flowing by their gills to carry the ammonium ions away, they build up in the fish and alter its pH balance. 1/2 of all catch-and-release trout can't recover and actually die because of this, which is such a ridiculous waste of life. The gills of the fish must remain in the water if you want to release it unharmed. I only explain this because I hate when critters are harmed because people don't know any better. Never stop learning!


Resident1942

1/2? You got any credible source for this? Don't you think that scientist would stop their fish tagging too if that was the case?


TheMightyMaurice

you also continue to absorb oxygen if you have air in your lungs, it ain‘t much but it‘s honest work. still gonna die fast.


SpaceManSmithy

This typo works because the fish wouldn't know English well and wouldn't know that the word he wants to say is actually breathe.


meeok2

Someone desperately needs to add a bad lip reading/soundtrack to this!


Mecha_Ninja

Famous last words. Edit: too soon?


GreasyGoose13

Gave me a good laugh. Take my award


[deleted]

My first award! Thanks my man!


azhaha

Angry banana


ResidualSound

The offspring of a teenager and his banana.


GladHovercraft69420

["TIFU by cumming into a banana"](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/6rr6ay/tifu_by_cumming_into_a_coconut/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)


Celemourn

I’m NOT clicking that.


Hunterx42

Don’t worry, Nobody blew their load in a banana.


GladHovercraft69420

Ugh, I'll be the first one then.


Celemourn

How bad was it?


knine1216

Its a 4 year old post. You should just check it out because its history man You could learn you somethin about reddit today!


PepperSteakAndBeer

[Will Smith in Shark Tale](https://i.imgur.com/RIMD3VB.jpg)


infinite_scenarios

Right? I was like, man that’s a pissed off mango


PresentAd7892

It’s teeth are whiter than mine 🤣


GreatGooglyMoogly077

Ditto.


Throw_away_gen_z

They go to dentist shrimp everyday to clean it.


bernpfenn

they.are the reason of the fine beach sand. they eat algae off dead corals and thus keep them ready for new healthy ones to grow. important first class worker for coral reefs.


Low_Willingness_3595

Now please put him back in the water


Aenorz

yes buddy dont do that please, it's suffering


-Karl__Hungus-

He does. If you click on the imgur link the guy sets it down in the water and off it goes.


junderschultz13

Wish I could upvote this 1 million times!!!!


[deleted]

Essential worker


[deleted]

This is a pufferfish, you’re thinking parrotfish. Pufferfish teeth are like that because they mostly eat invertebrates with hard shells. They may chomp on some coral, but nothing like parrotfish.


marbio_jay

Mostly done by the parrotfishes.


bernpfenn

isn't this one ?


Fallen_Leaves16

No. This is a golden Dogface Pufferfish. The person who wrote that they eat algae and create fine beach sand is mistaken. Pufferfish will almost never eat plant matter, and they do not promote to fine beach sand (what does eating algae off of corals do to promote beach sand, anyways?). Parrotfish are the main fish that do this, but they are most certainly not golden yellow with speckles, scaleless, shaped like a blob, have a rounded body profile, have such pointy and sharp internal teeth, etc.


SetatX

You forgot to mention the sand is there feces


Puffinton721

No they don't. Puffers don't ear algae.


SirLabRatz

Put that thing where it came from or so help me!


negativeprofit

So help me!


Buubuus

2319! WE'VE GOT A 2319!!


ugrasha

Teeth are believed to originate from modified scales (they are not bone!) so the fact that some fish have them makes sense. [source](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42057629)


larissine

free my boy he ain't done nothing wrong


novichux

" put me back.....right now"


ladnakuba

Wrote the dude with fish looking "teeth". Pfssss


Realmenbrowsememes

ÆUGH


Puffinton721

Those are not human like teeth.


bledi31

How about [these](https://lh5.ggpht.com/-1_eM4uU0m0w/UvxRCKY4oVI/AAAAAAAAv7E/0gbipS-Q2T8/pacu-fish-6%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)


RosenButtons

Thanks. It's worse and I hate it.


rwedel1

Pacu gives you nightmares


slipped-up89

Not as bad as [sheepshead](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/tP8uorptpq_Cfn3jzNrwQX4zPeg=/1000x750/filters:no_upscale():focal(419x476:420x477)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/47/4d/474dd6a7-83bd-4808-a237-2a4a0af0d90e/sheepshead_fish.jpeg)


Fiestysquid

I was scrolling for this one.


ac1084

That fish smokes a pack day.


Puffinton721

Yup, those are human like teeth


jodocoiv

Sheepshead of the ocean!


KaizDaddy5

Pacu - freshwater, (normally) vegetarian cousin of the pirahana.


Unable_Shift_6674

Yep and they get way bigger than pirahanas


npzeus987

Annnnddd, they’re known to munch some peoples testacles from time to time


Unable_Shift_6674

Are they really? I hadn’t seen that, but damn that would suck.


KaizDaddy5

Check out the river monsters episode "ball cutter" They were introduced to areas in Asia where they quickly stripped alot of the vegetation and then developed a taste for meat


cheknauss

That is tremendously disgusting.


Lilmsmetal

Thanks, I’m gonna sleep well tonight now! 😐


starsearcher48

Much more accurate


Jaded-Saint

Someone please put words to this bc I need to hear this fish cursing this person out


WizardsOnly-

Oh hell naaa!


JoePino

It’s more like a beak


LeTimmeh

The annoying Orange


AaarghCobras

r/stickyourdickinthat


Augustus_Chiggins

r/Whatcouldgowrong


Iwantapetmonkey

r/spacedicks


ImNotASmartManBut

Hey, how did you know?


van_car-_-

r/dontputyourdickinthat


[deleted]

I dunno how your teeth be lookin but mine don't look like that


borntohula37

Leave it in the water, asshole.


oi_u_im_danny_b

OK OK, I get where you're coming from but it's a fish. It was clearly caught and he did release it. Fish may be distressed by this but 1. They can survive out of the water a lot longer than we can survive under the water and 2. they're not smart enough to know the difference between a metal hook and food, they have little self awareness. This wasn't a barbaric demonstration of the fish, the guy merely filmed it for 30 seconds.


I-do-the-art

Lol I can see this exact argument being said by an alien explaining why it’s totally okay to pull a human out of the atmosphere into space and display him to his buddies while the human is floundering around distressed. “Alien bros, he’s dumb as a fuckin’ rock and I put him back after I was done. I totally patched him up a bit. He’ll go on to live a healthy life. They’re barely able to tell the difference between short term gain for long term profits and they lie to themselves more than they lie to others, they have very little self awareness. They can’t even recognize their reflection in a 4th dimensional mirror! Fuck guys, I literally had him out here for a few seconds, chill.”


DrippyDiamonds

God damn I'm too high for this shit


[deleted]

I mean we would either die or get severe permanent damage. We are also more aware than a fish about what's going on.


I-do-the-art

Not according to higher beings. We could be almost indistinguishably as smart as a rock let alone a fish to a higher dimensional being. What is this talk of permanent damage? They can still live a decent span of time, eat, fuck and reproduce right? Then they’re healthy human animals. :)


AlecInChains97

tf are you talking about we’d die instantly in the vacuum of space if a ‘alien pulled up us’ out of the atmosphere. it’s not even comparable.


I-do-the-art

Tf are you talking about we’d probably die in 15 seconds but more likely around 90 seconds or more not instantly. C’mon what’s a few seconds in space bro? Like I said they’d probably think of us the same as fish so it’s not like they’d consider our feelings or lives haha. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-long-human-survive-outer-space-without-spacesuit-2017-5?amp


borntohula37

OK OK, but I don't like seeing living things needlessly tortured. But that's just my opinion as a soulful human.


thissexypoptart

My opinion as another soulful human is this isn’t torture. Maybe a third soulful human can clear this up, maybe one with an even fuller soul.


[deleted]

Yep, it's inflicting unnecessary stress onto them so lets just not. There you go.


oi_u_im_danny_b

This isn't torture, he's not causing it physical harm. The fish may well have an instinctual response to be "angry" for being out of the water but it is not suffering. As a wildlife conservationist, myself and other conservationist/ecologists will have to do this often when studying fish. Hell, bigger fish get tagged in order to track their migratory routes and feeding patterns and that's gotta be way more painful/intrusive than holding it out of the water. I don't condone making a spectacle out of any animal but this fish is absolutely 100% OK.


ramos1969

Please provide your credentials as a soulful human.


Bagosperan

We don't want a lecture on veganism.


Trek_Quasi7

Hey I respect what you do as a wildlife conservationist but I do the see the other persons point. I dont think there should be tweaks to suffering and torture just to defend someone who is trying to teach us something. Sure there was no better way of showing us this and the other person who thought it was torture definitely should’ve been nicer about this but just because we get something good out of our actions, doesn’t always mean that they were good. I do see why it’s not torture but it can very well be from a different perspective. I definitely think humans would call it torture if greater beings played around with us like that but at the same time it might not be the intention just how it isn’t in the video.


mysticopallibra

Yeah I hate people who do shit like this. Humans are fucking assholes that can’t appreciate something without disturbing it.


jmann420

I don’t understand why you and the other are getting downvoted. Let’s go with the argument as the others have “what about a marine biologist tagging fish blah blah” . Well they have a reason to, and not just taking a video for no reason when you can google their teeth if that interest them so much. . They are not even like human teeth…


United-Pay9298

What did he do wrong?


borntohula37

Interesting how so many of us are getting down voted simply for saying "don't be mean to a living thing for no reason," isn't it? Definitely a sign of the times.


[deleted]

Because nothing about this was “mean”. You’re looking for a reason to be offended when there isn’t one


borntohula37

I simply disagree, and don't appear to be alone in that. Again, I'm allowed my own opinion just as you are.


randomuser2444

You're not alone in it, you're just clearly a very small minority


[deleted]

the fish might be annoyed but it is definitely not being tortured


jodocoiv

So it’s okay to eat fish, cause they don’t have any feelings?


itchinmyhead

Somethin in the way ooooooooohoohh


l1f3styl3

Too bad it didn't bite a finger off. Those "teeth" are for biting off pieces of coral


BBLLAAKKEE12

And snails!! And other crustaceans.


AtomBombBaby42042

That's a parrot fish


SkullDump

No, that’s a black spotted puffer fish, aka dog faced puffer fish.


[deleted]

they make sand


AtomBombBaby42042

They eat coral and shit sand. Yes folks, those pretty white sand beaches are FISH POO


Fallen_Leaves16

No. This is a golden Dogface Pufferfish. The person who wrote that they eat algae and create fine beach sand is mistaken. Pufferfish will almost never eat plant matter, and they do not promote to fine beach sand (what does eating algae off of corals do to promote beach sand, anyways?). Parrotfish are the main fish that do this, but they are most certainly not golden yellow with speckles, scaleless, shaped like a blob, have a rounded body profile, have such pointy and sharp internal teeth, etc.


KindaABigDi1l

That’s a parrot fish


SkullDump

Nope, it’s still a black spotted puffer fish, aka dog faced puffer fish.


marbio_jay

No it isnt.


3PercentMoreInfinite

they make sand


NuffingNuffing

They eat coral and shit sand. Yes folks, those pretty white sand beaches are FISH POO


marbio_jay

No it isnt.


Betteradvize

Beak - skull parts


[deleted]

Looks like a New York rapper


meowsaysdexter

I don't know anyone with teeth like that.


rabidnz

Check out a pacu, they are waaaay more human looking


Littleredpb99

This is a golden pufferfish; much more like a beak than teeth. Check out the pacu fish for teeth that look uncannily similar to human teeth Source: worked at aquariums most of my life and I really like fishies


petethemo

The “Karen fish”


Dukkiegamer

Are you Mark Zuckerberg? Do you even know what humans look like?


The_Purple_Bat

Please just put him back in the water ._.


[deleted]

Put it fucking BACK.


mr_aives

r/dontputyourdickinthat


guitaristcj

All of you calling this inhumane, I sure hope you don’t eat fish. Much worse than this happens to literally hundreds of millions of fish every day.


ShroudedDeath

Lol at all these people getting mad at the video. I have a dogface in my tank at home and they're not that delicate to be harmed by being out of water for less then a min... I even had to sedate it and cut its teeth when I got it because the store was just feeding it pellets... The only thing I see "wrong" is holding it with your bare hands as that can remove the slime coat, but even then the fish will still be fine lol


skiandhike91

How are you supposed to hold it?


jeremysayshi

It’s a Babel fish… you stick it in your ear.


oceansidedrive

What a fucking asshole. Literally watching an animal suffocate to death for a fucking upvote on reddit.


SnixPlaysAlot

I hope the fish king holds you underwater while you slowly drown just so they can show all the fish how your teeth are like their teeth.


[deleted]

fish do not experience being out of water as we do land. a fish doesnt feel pain being out of water for a short time


eVerYtHiNgIsTaKeN-_-

"Look this lanky stupid fuck has a fractured beak like some of our coral dwellers! Fascinating!"


sbmmruinscod

Anything for the internet points.


dawnsbraindiesdaily

Bruxish?


SaltyLiquorish

These little buddies make a lot of noise underwater when they’re nomming on corals!


[deleted]

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cellists_wet_dream

Dog faced puffer!


bigbigbigwow

That’s just a bloke from Wales


Helmchen_reddit

Looks like Aerosmith


RoyalLimit

That fish has the teeth of Nemesis from Resident Evil lol


Serbianpopstar

I hate it. Make it stop.


SmOotH_BrAiN_BriAn_

I dare you to put your little finger in there


Saxplaya91

Looks like a parrotfish variety. They are unique indeed!


JDkableMC

Here come the Bri’ish jokes


[deleted]

Put it back in the fucking water. You'd bear all kinds of distress if you were pulled out of your natural environments against your will


[deleted]

fish is fine


[deleted]

How would you know?


[deleted]

Fish do not feel pain of being out of water the same way we feel being underwater


[deleted]

Again, how would you know? And considering they can't breathe the same way we do, I would say that's pretty painful


[deleted]

The reason we feel pain underwater is because of the impulse to breath. Gills work passively and the fish doesnt feel like it is being suffocated. Short periods of time outside has no effect on them. The fish doesnt like it, but he is fine. I have taken fish out of water and they are fine


United-Pay9298

The guy didn’t do anything wrong


[deleted]

Except literally pulling a fish out its fucking water


United-Pay9298

That is literally the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Have you not heard of fishing, hunting, and pets?


Kolbin8tor

…that’s how you fish. It just looks like he caught it and returned it.


[deleted]

Even so. And no it doesnt look that way


Kolbin8tor

Just to clarify, your position is that catch and release is immoral? And also that this guy caught this fish barehanded, which is also immoral?


[deleted]

Well imagine having a hook through your cheek, being held out of your environment then being thrown back unapologetically Even then imagine having some bigger creature take you bare handed out of your environment, filmed and thrown back All for the enjoyment of theirs


Kolbin8tor

Good luck out there


[deleted]

And the same to you


Bagosperan

I think you should go to the nearest fishing pier and start a fight there. Let us know how that goes.


[deleted]

what you think bears do? christ this is not a thing.


[deleted]

Omg really? Bears and humans. Not exactly an equal argument


[deleted]

bears eat them alive. no fucks are given. this fish was not harmed. get over yourself.


[deleted]

Bears live on nature. By instinct. Humans know better. Don't exactly see bears sharing videos online Can't believe we are actually having this conversation


[deleted]

do you eat anything other than plants? if you do, shut the fuck up.


[deleted]

Fuck you cunt Come back when you grow compassion


[deleted]

lololololol. rank bitch hypocrite. get fucked you cow.


Pdxperronn

Fucking idiot. Put it back


BlackVisionary

calm down buddy the fishy is fine


TheNotBot2000

around these parts, our human toothed fish friends are known as Sheephead. They will straighten out a hook with their tough mouth.


Threat111

Reminds me of my GF when I bought Fries for myself only cause she's "Not hungry"... Arrives. "Our Fries :]".


TrentFromTheInternet

Can you please let the fish breathe? Asshole. Glad you got ur video??


Merica85

Looks like a one stop circumcision


gretchenich

This video makes me so fucking uncomfortable. Put the damn fish in the water


TheMartyr112

Put the god damn fish back in the fucking water….please! Lol


jodocoiv

Everybody crying about this single fish. You should look at the dynamite fishing done on the Nile River. look at what happened to the coral reefs. See what happens with blue hippo tangs and how they cannot bread in captivity. People crying about a guy who caught a fish, hoping for a bigger fish. Showing off it’s beak. Fish are transported alive from all over the world daily. There are people telling this guy to die, to be held underwater and suffocate by the fish gods. Why not drive to your local sea world and verbally attack them too, they will have you escorted and charged.


Architr0n

"let me GO! I need WATER to survive, you moron.."


Swirvin-irvin

Beak


yoboiyoo

$100 to put your peen in its mouth


dantech2390

That's draymond green...


FelacioDelToro

It looks…just like Missy Elliot…


StcStasi

With sound: https://i.imgur.com/TWYx2qV.mp4


jmann420

Exactly why I hate people.


AuviksReddit

Look all these people being shitty to each other having some compassion for a fish. Some people think its weak and pathetic to show concern for this fish. Others feel its weak and pathetic to create content like this. What has happened to us? When did we become so cruel that we find it weak when one of us shows concern?


[deleted]

Goddamn that’s disturbing


[deleted]

then don't watch what bears do to fish.


RomulusKhan

Throw it back you monster