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Scientists prove that fish suffer "intense pain" for at least 10 minutes after catch, calls made for reforms (www.earth.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

TL;DR, they physiology is pretty similar to someone filling your lungs with a saline solution, but slower because they're cold blooded.

When you consider this, that most plastic comes from fishing, and that modern day slavery is heavily present in it (no police on a boat, and hard to escape) I actually have more respect for meat eaters than pescitarians. Don't eat seafood, folks.