80+ years in a fish tank...what's the actual sad part?
Feb 7, 2017 8:42:56 GMT -5
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Post by robeiae on Feb 7, 2017 8:42:56 GMT -5
www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/us/shedd-aquarium-centenarian-fish-grandad-dies-trnd/index.html
Okay, I know it's a fish. And one can, I think, reasonably argue that "fish feelings" are quite limited things, that Granddad had a good life, always fed, with a mate for most of it, and no fear of predators. Still, 80 years in a cage is a long time. And it seems to me that if it is "just a fish," euthanizing it, indeed agonizing over whether or not to euthanize it, is pretty silly.
Also, "He was the one WHO got away," not "THAT got away." I make that mistake a lot. But I'm not a legitimate news source with truckloads of editors...
He was the one that didn't get away -- eventually living for around a century.
Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has announced the passing of their oldest-living resident, an Australian lungfish named Granddad.
At least he didn't meet his end in fishy circumstances -- the Shedd website released a statement online that said that, "after a rapid decline in his health" its animal care team had made the "difficult decision to euthanize" the fish.
The aquarium estimates that he'd made it to 100 and while it could never be completely sure how old the old-timer was, he was in his teens when he was transferred to the aquarium in 1933. In 2013, Granddad celebrated his 80th anniversary at Shedd.
Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has announced the passing of their oldest-living resident, an Australian lungfish named Granddad.
At least he didn't meet his end in fishy circumstances -- the Shedd website released a statement online that said that, "after a rapid decline in his health" its animal care team had made the "difficult decision to euthanize" the fish.
The aquarium estimates that he'd made it to 100 and while it could never be completely sure how old the old-timer was, he was in his teens when he was transferred to the aquarium in 1933. In 2013, Granddad celebrated his 80th anniversary at Shedd.
Okay, I know it's a fish. And one can, I think, reasonably argue that "fish feelings" are quite limited things, that Granddad had a good life, always fed, with a mate for most of it, and no fear of predators. Still, 80 years in a cage is a long time. And it seems to me that if it is "just a fish," euthanizing it, indeed agonizing over whether or not to euthanize it, is pretty silly.
Also, "He was the one WHO got away," not "THAT got away." I make that mistake a lot. But I'm not a legitimate news source with truckloads of editors...
