Do fish have feelings?

If you’ve eaten and enjoyed squid and/or octopus, does it bother you to know they are intelligent creatures?

Somehow it bothers me less to eat meat that comes from a dumb animal, like chicken or cow. But that doesn’t make sense. Who decides how dumb is dumb enough?

My dad took us fishing several times when we were little and I saw what happened when we caught one, the hook going through its face, its body wriggling like a tongue. The first time, maybe 4 years old, I cried.

“They don’t feel pain the same way we do. This doesn’t even hurt this little guy,” said Dad. He was absolutely firm in his answer, and at that age I always believed him.

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Levenrack · 46-50, M

All right, people. Enough with this self-righteous bologna. Have you ever thought that maybe we are just passing time, throwing random shiny trinkets and bobbles at the water? And of course, we want to make sure that we get them back. So we attach barely seeable, synthetic polymers that we lovingly call Fishin' Line.

But sometimes, these things with soulless dark eyes, fins (TBH, I believe fins should only be on vehicles), and even ones with sharp teeth (you've got to watch your toes with those kinds) like to play games, such as Hide and Seek or Tag.
But their favorite is Tug O' War.
So, they'll start playing with us, by touching or quickly grabbing and letting go of our Precious. They wait till we have our guards down.
Then BANG!! That's when it happens. They strike hard and fast, and boy, do they do their darnedest to take the well-earned property that we charismatically bartered for. We can't allow them (fishies) to get away with our Precious or Preciouses (you can go either way in Plural form).
So tug and tug we do, and we'll keep tugging. I Promise.

What the hell is this post about again? Oh, that's right. I was going to make a sandwich. Lol

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