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[-] jared@mander.xyz 180 points 1 month ago

According to the links in this post It's 95%-99% survival.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago

Then why can't I yeet a bunch of goldfish

[-] jared@mander.xyz 32 points 1 month ago
[-] explodIng_lIme@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago
[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Who's stopping you?

MAKE your DREAMS come TRUE

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

You can yeet goldfish. Carp are stupid tough. It's the tropical fish we often keep that are kinda wimpy. Also, they're not coming from a super healthy environment (the store) to our tanks.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I would watch carp throwing as a competitive sport, they aren't going to make it easy

[-] Tryasimightalright@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I definitely have not, and now I have. I'm unsure if I should thank you for this or not.

I feel like it takes the sport out of it if the fish is dead though. The whole sport of the carp throwing is that a carp absolutely can kick a grown man's ass and flop to freedom if he isn't careful. You leave a carp alone long enough and those things turn into damn near coelacanths. They'll eat your dog. Manhandling one of those suckers into a parabolic arc is going to take skill, strength, planning, and luck.

[-] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

not the carp. they are my favourite fish to angle for :(

[-] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Have a pilots license?

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Maybe 95% survive, but how many are injured in a way that might impact their quality of life?

Since these are being dropped specifically for the purpose of being caught and killed asap, quality of life might not matter.

For your sad little goldfish, please be gentle!

[-] subtext@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Also, gotta think about whether 5% mortality rate is acceptable.

For an airdrop number of pond fish? Sure!

For your hobbyist number of expensive fish? Absolutely not

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

My understanding is these are juvenile fish that will be caught as adults, so they will live for a while.

[-] Sonor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Try to fly higher above the tank and see if it helps

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

One reason is because the hatcheries are in the same general area as the lakes, so conditions are pretty similar. The temperature will be about the same at the same depths as the hatchery, and the water comes from the same source.

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

You certainly can!

[-] zik@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I wonder what the "fuck that hurt" rate is for these fishes

[-] Didros@beehaw.org 16 points 1 month ago

...that sounds to me like "survive the fall" more than "survive the week"

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