To have released a goldfish into the stream behind our house

[roseability]

Had 2 goldfish (I got them years ago before DS was born) in quite a big tank and I thought they were well looked after

One died of natural causes so we released the other. My DS wasn't interested in them (only a toddler) and I didn't want him getting old enough to want more as I admit they need more looking after than I originally thought

Am I hideous? Mean? Cruel to animals?

Hit me I can take it

Oh! the humanity!

lolarama at mp sausages more intelligent than fish
Oh I'm using that yessirree bob

Can a pig read? Can a pig swim? Can a pig do a happy twirly dance?

Wibbly Pig can.

Yes, I eat fish ... yes I eat pork. I wouldn't want the pig maltreated or kept in substandard conditions either.

Oh! the hypocrisy!

What would you do to a goldfish Fabio? Huh? Huh?

snap, q1uintessence.

I don't trust mine any more neither, since it killed and ate a 16" plec.

The Hidden Lives of Fish

"Culum Brown, a University of Edinburgh biologist who is studying the evolution of cognition in fish, says, "Fish are more intelligent than they appear. In many areas, such as memory, their cognitive powers match or exceed those of 'higher' vertebrates, including non-human primates.""

Interesting tricks you can teach your goldfish

chopstheduck, that is so sweet.
But how do you know it is a happy dance?
He might be trying to convey that he fancies something other than 'flaked near-relative' for tea for a change.

Scientists highlight fish intelligence

Also from The Hidden Lives of Fish

"....but their typing is shit."

I have a fish.
It tells fortunes, badly.
It is available for spooky clairvoyant sessions when I remember --where- I put it.

wahey that is Fish's xmas present sorted out!

do you have to shake it's bowl - like a magic bowling ball?

Interesting tricks you can teach your goldfish

Hmm, I have looked and they all seem to be the SAME trick, and it can be summarised as:

• swimming

It is rather stretching the definition of the word "interesting" to the extreme

I don't think even a sausage would find it interesting TBH

I have trained my pet sausage to spit, and also to sizzle

but does your sausage chase your children?

dp's sausage spits. I din't even have to train it.

of course not, it would get on some kind of Register

my sausage was involved in a very heated situation, which ended with him splitting down the middle.
we ate him.
are we cruel?

Mutt - calling someone an arse is unreasonable, common, uncouth and makes you sound a bit thick

oh this thread is soooooooooooo funny.

MP, I choked @ "FGS it's a fish

Sausages are more intelligent"

So much coompassion for a goldfish!
You are all quite mad