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What would you expect from a seahorse though, am I right?

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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 60 points 10 months ago

I think the saying about fish not being aware of water is nonsense. People are aware that there's air around them, without having to know any science. They can feel the wind, their own breath, etc. Fish have that plus they need to push against water in order to move. A fish that didn't know what water was would be like a land animal that didn't know what the ground was.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 51 points 10 months ago

Next you'll be telling me seahorses can't talk.

[-] nexguy@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago
[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 12 points 10 months ago
[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Of course, of course

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

I'll have you know fish are fucking idiots

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I have seen the documentary called Finding Dory and I can confirm this.

[-] fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago
[-] Krackalot@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 10 months ago

I think you underestimate our past ignorance. It took many decades of science being taught for the general population to "know" that air exists.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think the general population always knew that there was a transparent substance all around them which had to keep going in and out of their lungs or they would die - the "breath of life" from the Bible. I mean, even an uneducated peasant in ancient times could blow bubbles underwater and see that there was something coming out of his mouth.

[-] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I'm not entirely sure if a fish would actually know what water is lmao

The FOOLS fall for little pieces of plastic with metal in them, so there's no way they know what water is

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

humans jerk off to anime so it's not like we're that much smarter

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No, that means we have transcended the petty limitations of biological sexuality. We are like gods.

[-] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

We are gods amongst fish

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Wasn't Davinci one of the first to think about air that way? Welll, maybe aside from some ancient greek philosophers.

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