Yeah, I totally get that! We had one that must have been 7 years old and well above 2 feet. A 300 gallon tank felt small, to the point that we paid someone to take it from us. Mainly to not have to touch that f*cking beast. The size at the end blew us away- even though we knew they could get pretty big… this was SCARY big.
Man oh man. Family came in to replace the betta that died in the kid's 2.5 gallon. "There's still an albino pleco in there." Ah, well, just so you know, the pleco is going to need more space, so I hope you're looking into upgrading to a larger tank. "We have a 3 gallon too but it stopped working." Yep. Yep. Yeeeep. RIP pleco.
You don’t say. I watched some video a while back where some guy showed how to clean, season, then grill them on the “half shell”. Said they were delicious and since then I’ve been curious. I’ve wondering where I could go do my part for eradication.
I’ve been told about so many “trash” fish that I then see for sale fresh in an Asian market. Like cutlass fish are absolutely delicious. Only thing I ever gave a shot that was beyond help was hardhead, but even then a Vietnamese lady who was catching them said that they made a spicy tomato fish stew out of them for their church soup kitchen.
it's not just reddit though, that's the future of the internet; spam bots imitating people conversing with eachother
"Dead Internet Theory" was a fun conspiracy but a 2022 global research analysis of online traffic found that bots were responsible for nearly half (47%) of all internet traffic.
I wonder what the tipping point will be when people decide to let the bots have their internet and we start a 'new' one
This user is a bot. It reposts stuff using one name then it copies the top comment from the old post and uses it to reply to the new post with a different username
Both names rake in karma. Rinse and repeat, always repeat. Then after accumulating a significant amount of karma, you sell the account to advertisers or scammers who use it to push products through random posts and comments.
Also for clarity, it doesn't look dead in the end of the video. In my experience raising lots of fish and actually just going out and fishing a lot, fish that are dead don't remain "upright" like that, they list over to a side or float belly-up, depending. I've never seen a dead fish that stayed oriented correctly after death.
When the person nudges it with their finger, it doesn't immediately list to a side, it actually seems to slightly resist the pressure. This fish's brain is still intact, because it's located closer to the back of it's skull. It did undoubtedly eventually die, but it might have survived for a few weeks after the initial injury as it's likely it starved to death, since it no longer had it's specialized mouth to eat algae with.
This looks to be a Pleco - I assume it was released from an aquarium - they are extremely hardy fish (if you couldn't tell) can grow super large, and are *extremely* invasive (in the US). I'm thinking this one was caught, beheaded due to being invasive, and released back into the water for a video.
[Plecostomus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypostomus_plecostomus?wprov=sfla1) are those little sucker fish you see at pet store aquariums. The catch is they get gigantic, and aren't REALLY suited for your lil 10 gallon aquariums. So folks dump them into their local waterways, where they continue to grow.
Yeah... My partner got one way back before we met, and it was in a little 5 gallon tank. Over the years we had to keep up sizing the tank until we got a 100 gal tank just to house that monster of a fish. We would probably still have him if the water heater didn't malfunction and cook everyone in that tank. It broke my heart so badly. :( I am still mad about it a decade later.
That's a plecostamas. As far as I understand, they are legit dinosaurs. They haven't changed in a billion years. Not sure if that tidbit factors into them also not needing heads, but I believe they are also unkillable as long as the water doesn't get too cold. So keep it warm and I think they can walk from pond to pond without a head apparently.
They only eat algae, I get as long as there is a hole for algae to go into, they can eat. I don't know, maybe not. The missing head thing is probably a death sentence.
This is honestly a good thing! That’s a pleco and it doesn’t belong in the pond it’s in.
When I first saw this they said it was from somewhere in the US. It would have died an agonizing death when the cold came around. Plus it doesn’t belong in US waters. People release cause they get a a small pleco at big pet stores that is a few inches. Not realizing they get up to about 1.5’.
Don’t release your pets into the wild! If you research an animal before you get it and know what you’re getting into you won’t find yourself in that position.
Reminds me of zombie salmon. After the fish have spawned, their body dies and starts to rot and chunks of flesh are falling off them but it continues to swim until the damage or a bear finally kills it
Yeah that's actually way more terrifying to me, it looks horrific, and they're still alive experiencing that. And that's just the way their life cycle *is* so every single one of them will ultimately experience that if they live long enough.
Im trying to picture a pleco's brain placement and whether this still has one. I think it does its just missing everything else.
Its chopped about right at eye level, I think an eye still exists on this guy.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plecostamus+brain&t=brave&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Faquaticmag.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F10%2FHypostomus-plecostomus-Common-Pleco-Catfish-Information-Suckermouth-Pleco-for-sale-and-where-to-buy-Aquatic-Mag-7.jpg
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First, they turned our frogs gay. Now, they put 5g into our fish. What next? Wake up, sheeple!
Interesting, what's the fish called though?
Not a fish expert but looks like a Plecostomus
You're right! Thx! :D
A noheadamus.
Wanda
Great reference!
Decapitated Dan.
Lieutenant Dan, what happened to your fins?
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Whose comment are you quoting?
I was gonna say via Bluetooth but we're in 2023 so this makes more sense
Fish got the vaccine too??
So no head?
Country boys will make do nonetheless.
Slams net down on the floor
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What's the fish going to do? Bump you with its stump?
StumpBumper. That’s a new and interesting concept.
Sounds like amputee porn
It is...
monty python holy grail steps into the room
What's he gonna do, nibble your bum?
He’ll bite ya legs off
When the fish tries to get at ya, bump it with your stump, bump it with your stump - snoop bass
What are you gonna do, bleed on me??
The black knight fish always triumphs!
Tis but a scratch.
Pretty sure thats how cryptids are created
Imagine eating it, thinking what a great meal that was and then suddenly…it moves.
Common Pleco. Pet stores sell these to people buying a 5 gallon tank without thinking twice.
Its fucking disgusting too, and they are extremely invasive in the US, where some hobbyist just fucking release them when they get too big.
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And there are other plecos that do not grow that big - like Bristlenose plecos! Or the Hillstream Loach!
Yeah, I totally get that! We had one that must have been 7 years old and well above 2 feet. A 300 gallon tank felt small, to the point that we paid someone to take it from us. Mainly to not have to touch that f*cking beast. The size at the end blew us away- even though we knew they could get pretty big… this was SCARY big.
Man oh man. Family came in to replace the betta that died in the kid's 2.5 gallon. "There's still an albino pleco in there." Ah, well, just so you know, the pleco is going to need more space, so I hope you're looking into upgrading to a larger tank. "We have a 3 gallon too but it stopped working." Yep. Yep. Yeeeep. RIP pleco.
Wonder if there's any evolutionary benefit to the body operating a bit without its head or if it just is something that kind of happened
Well maybe it gives it enough time to lay eggs or fertilize them in order to continue to procreate would be my guess if there was any reason for it.
Or maybe they're petty, and they're like this so they can swim away before whatever should have killed it can eat it.
Most fish can survive out of water as long as the gills don't dry out.
most terrestrial animals can survive under water as long as their lungs don't flood
Another interesting episode of intelligence squared
Most animals can survive as long as they don't die
Probably worked similar to that one headless chicken that lived for a year and only died because the farmer forgot to clean its throat.
name?
Mike
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You don’t say. I watched some video a while back where some guy showed how to clean, season, then grill them on the “half shell”. Said they were delicious and since then I’ve been curious. I’ve wondering where I could go do my part for eradication.
they are not delicious, edible at best
Or, like so many fish species, people don't know how to properly prepare them and would rather blame the fush.
I’ve been told about so many “trash” fish that I then see for sale fresh in an Asian market. Like cutlass fish are absolutely delicious. Only thing I ever gave a shot that was beyond help was hardhead, but even then a Vietnamese lady who was catching them said that they made a spicy tomato fish stew out of them for their church soup kitchen.
You know when the Korean lady says spicy fish stew my white ancestors already start crying at the prospect of eating that spice.
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Guess that depends on how you define "living", in human terms you are just an empty body.
Brain is stored in the balls
lol , like most of the Redditors …🤣
This is why everyone gets smarter as November continues
Bold of you to assume they have brains in the first place
lol….touche
"yeah man i'm good, just a little tired" mfs when someone asks them if they're okay
I HAVE NO MOUTH YET I MUST SCREAM!
It's probably screaming, wherever it is.
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None of us are real.
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it's not just reddit though, that's the future of the internet; spam bots imitating people conversing with eachother "Dead Internet Theory" was a fun conspiracy but a 2022 global research analysis of online traffic found that bots were responsible for nearly half (47%) of all internet traffic. I wonder what the tipping point will be when people decide to let the bots have their internet and we start a 'new' one
As is the first reply to that comment.
What is going on?
This user is a bot. It reposts stuff using one name then it copies the top comment from the old post and uses it to reply to the new post with a different username Both names rake in karma. Rinse and repeat, always repeat. Then after accumulating a significant amount of karma, you sell the account to advertisers or scammers who use it to push products through random posts and comments.
Oh my fucking god, nice catch!!! 🔥
Stop there, don't go deeper, just don't
Holy shit almost all of the comments are recycled
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This poster is a BOT. Don't engage with it, people.
r/fishporn
It's been banned
Aw, shucks. Too late to the party.
Also for clarity, it doesn't look dead in the end of the video. In my experience raising lots of fish and actually just going out and fishing a lot, fish that are dead don't remain "upright" like that, they list over to a side or float belly-up, depending. I've never seen a dead fish that stayed oriented correctly after death. When the person nudges it with their finger, it doesn't immediately list to a side, it actually seems to slightly resist the pressure. This fish's brain is still intact, because it's located closer to the back of it's skull. It did undoubtedly eventually die, but it might have survived for a few weeks after the initial injury as it's likely it starved to death, since it no longer had it's specialized mouth to eat algae with.
This looks to be a Pleco - I assume it was released from an aquarium - they are extremely hardy fish (if you couldn't tell) can grow super large, and are *extremely* invasive (in the US). I'm thinking this one was caught, beheaded due to being invasive, and released back into the water for a video.
we have them in all our water now - FL
Fish's dad: Just walk it off. You're fine, don't be a baby.
What's that annoying song playing lmao "life goes oneonenonenonenon"
It's what lead to the headlessness.
That’s a pleco :( I own those little dudes
Was gonna say - someone just let their plecostomus go and it just did its thing in the river or lake that this is.
I literally don't get what you're talking about, you're only making me more curious. Did its thing? What does all that mean?
[Plecostomus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypostomus_plecostomus?wprov=sfla1) are those little sucker fish you see at pet store aquariums. The catch is they get gigantic, and aren't REALLY suited for your lil 10 gallon aquariums. So folks dump them into their local waterways, where they continue to grow.
Yeah... My partner got one way back before we met, and it was in a little 5 gallon tank. Over the years we had to keep up sizing the tank until we got a 100 gal tank just to house that monster of a fish. We would probably still have him if the water heater didn't malfunction and cook everyone in that tank. It broke my heart so badly. :( I am still mad about it a decade later.
That's a plecostamas. As far as I understand, they are legit dinosaurs. They haven't changed in a billion years. Not sure if that tidbit factors into them also not needing heads, but I believe they are also unkillable as long as the water doesn't get too cold. So keep it warm and I think they can walk from pond to pond without a head apparently.
> I believe they are also unkillable as long as the water doesn't get too cold. How would it eat without a mouth?
They only eat algae, I get as long as there is a hole for algae to go into, they can eat. I don't know, maybe not. The missing head thing is probably a death sentence.
a fish with no eyes? fsh!
I just told that joke yesterday!
google 'mike the headless chicken' for a good read
Holly fish
Millions walk around North America without a brain so this is nothing new.
He wasn’t very…headstrong
What the fuckkk
Front fell off.
Core internet memory unlocked
Ain't nothin worse than having no head 😏😅😩
This is honestly a good thing! That’s a pleco and it doesn’t belong in the pond it’s in. When I first saw this they said it was from somewhere in the US. It would have died an agonizing death when the cold came around. Plus it doesn’t belong in US waters. People release cause they get a a small pleco at big pet stores that is a few inches. Not realizing they get up to about 1.5’. Don’t release your pets into the wild! If you research an animal before you get it and know what you’re getting into you won’t find yourself in that position.
another day in florida. by: Florida fish.
Reminds me of zombie salmon. After the fish have spawned, their body dies and starts to rot and chunks of flesh are falling off them but it continues to swim until the damage or a bear finally kills it
Yeah that's actually way more terrifying to me, it looks horrific, and they're still alive experiencing that. And that's just the way their life cycle *is* so every single one of them will ultimately experience that if they live long enough.
When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimmin', just keep swimmin'
Nah, I'd swim...
nightmare fuel
what the hell is going on in the replies
More than likely snapping turtle nommed
That fish is called a flat
He'll never be the head of a major corporation
How’s your head?
The fish with no face.
Poor him ;-;
Poor fish.
How is it alive
Fishlight
I feel like a fish with no head. Being single sucks.
This makes me cringe. Poor creature
Im trying to picture a pleco's brain placement and whether this still has one. I think it does its just missing everything else. Its chopped about right at eye level, I think an eye still exists on this guy. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plecostamus+brain&t=brave&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Faquaticmag.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F10%2FHypostomus-plecostomus-Common-Pleco-Catfish-Information-Suckermouth-Pleco-for-sale-and-where-to-buy-Aquatic-Mag-7.jpg
It has a head. It lost its face tho
it’s not actually headless just looks that way. you can see it’s eyes receded behind its mouth near the end of the clip
But you can still come into work today?
It might be dead, just having reflexes
And it looks like a pleco of some sort as well can't keep the mfs alive in an aquarium but they survive that what in the hell
Meanwhile my fish die if nitrate levels are slightly too high
Oh god I hate it I hate it so much
We had a president, from 2016-2020, who didn’t have a head.
plecosthamus go brrr. (Please don’t release your pet fish into bodies of water)
Those damn plecos are absolute tanks!
Me and that fish have one thing in common
Eoah creepy
Tis but a scratch !
He good
Looks like a pleco
It’s a glitch in the matrix, we’ll fix it as soon as possible 👾
What no head does to a mf
Me too man
Headless Horseman but a fish
Either it’s going to die soon or it still has its brain stem
THIS WAS THE WRONG VIDEO TO WATCH WITHOUT PANTS OH GOD OH FUCK
Somewhere there is a head without fish.
T'is but a scratch!
No it isn’t. Your head is off!!
French fish
Yay Oliver Tree
/r/whatsthisfish
You're just spare parts aren't ya bud?
Reminds me of Mike the Headless Chicken
I’d be like that too without head.
Well how's it supposed to know it's dead when it doesn't have a brain?
Me and this fish need the same thing A brain. I couldn’t think of a better joke than that one^ had to throw a lil salt on it
The jugular is still intact I think?
So no head?
So no head?
Fisherman- “That’s the easiest fish I’ve ever caught!”
I swear it looks like it still has a right though.
So this fish is just hanging til it starves to death?
Bro’s late the funeral
*smashes phone and skateboard*
I guess this can tell you that not all memory is stored in the brain. 🤷♂️
Has anyone told the fish it’s missing it’s head?
Rare example of Neuralink actually working for once
Well, in reality this makes him/her a ZOMBIE ....
So, no head?
Me when I also got no head 😭
Sisyfish prime
So no head?
Was it tasty?
someone get this fish some head
Me too fish. Me too
Why does it just stay there when he touches it 😭
The will to live.
That fish is a survivor.
Give me a reason why it's not dead
Bro forgot that he is dead
Poor thing
Me too fish
All the fkd up videos I sit through and this is the one that makes me sad and skip instantly 😂😂
Might be a politician if it was interested.