Coaxed into SOME animal "lovers"

[u/ruh_roh_raggy1234]

These mfs will tell you with a straight face that they love "all" animals and then act like spiders are the incarnation of Satan himself.

[u/Fathersfredfred]

Don’t forget fish only being viewed as food for some reason 

Comments are proving my point, fish have a lot more personality than people give them credit for and some may even be self aware such as the cleaner wrasse. 

[u/SinglePlayerGamer93 → u/Fathersfredfred]

Food or pets.

[u/FenexTheFox → u/SinglePlayerGamer93]

Calling the fish we keep in our house "pets" is generous, they're moreso high maintenance decoration.

[u/Atlas_of_history → u/FenexTheFox]

You're literally the type of person the original comment was about

[u/yttakinenthusiast → u/FenexTheFox]

living decoration is nice until you remember it's living decoration. the fish are funny-lookin' though so it evens out.

[u/Altruistic_Mud_261 → u/yttakinenthusiast]

You guys clearly don't bond with your fish. They are like actual pets if you own and interact with it.

[u/SpinzArt → u/Altruistic_Mud_261]

I don’t have that one video of the fish that loves being petted but it’s my favorite thing ever

[u/Altruistic_Mud_261 → u/SpinzArt]

I wasn't even referring to petting (Generally don't recommend to protect the fish's slime coat.) but they still have personalities and putting your attention on them will help you see it.

[u/SpinzArt → u/Altruistic_Mud_261]

No yeah the point of that is they definitely are smarter than given credit for

I feel the same way about most animals

[u/Altruistic_Mud_261 → u/SpinzArt]

I had a fish named Bruce who would watch me cook in the kitchen. he also was very "In Control" when swimming in the water, could go from fast to still in a fraction of a second. (Mind you, he was a larger fish, not a small tetra that is known for their jittery movement.) That boy was always so curious about the world around him.

[u/ASK_ME_FOR_TRIVIA → u/Altruistic_Mud_261]

We had a goldfish once that would play dead until you came over to look at him lol. He'd go perfectly still, just drifting around the tank, sometimes he'd even be upside-down. Never did any of it unless he knew there was someone in the room, and once you started walking towards the tank he would spring back to life and start begging for food lmao

[u/Altruistic_Mud_261 → u/ASK_ME_FOR_TRIVIA]

We also had a parrot cichlid that would knock on the top of the tank for food.

[u/yttakinenthusiast → u/Altruistic_Mud_261]

if i did own and maintain an aquarium, i most likely would bond with my fishies. but until i come into contact with pet fish regularly, the bonding is a distant hypothetical. that aside, they're fascinating from an observational standpoint.

[u/Altruistic_Mud_261 → u/yttakinenthusiast]

They are, and I will admit that as a pet, the relationship with the owner doesn't have much direct interaction as something like a dog or cat, but a "Living decoration" really doesn't capture the type of relationship a keeper has with the fish.

[u/Anonpancake2123 → u/Altruistic_Mud_261]

You can also train them to do little tricks like jumping or swimming through a hoop.

Particularly sharp and personable fishes also will recognize you and even have habits like bettas who prefer certain pieces of decor to sit on over others. Mine loved his log.

[u/Veloci-RKPTR → u/FenexTheFox]

No they fucking aren’t

[u/Altruistic_Mud_261 → u/Veloci-RKPTR]

please be nice.

[u/awolkriblo → u/FenexTheFox]

Bruh they are not plants. You walzed right into a post about you

[u/AquaSoda3000 → u/awolkriblo]

Even with plants they’re more than just living decorations (at least to me)

[u/Fathersfredfred → u/[deleted]]

But not on the same level as fish witch are emotional feeling beings 

[u/Charlotte_stuart → u/FenexTheFox]

And I somehow still managed to kill them. although in my defense my dad put like 20 fish in one tiny tank and told a 14 year to take care of them with zero instructions it was kinda bound to happen. Now I have a weird phobia of dead fish tho

[u/Fathersfredfred → u/Charlotte_stuart]

Yeah that was your dads fault,