Oh and just so you all know, I love my fish! Personally, I set aside my knowledge of fish neurobiology for my home aquarium. I am very comfortable ascribing a huge range of emotions to my fish: fear, happiness, sadness, excitedness, anger etc. I know it's all an illusion but MY mind is designed to empathize with animals. I would be heartbroken to have to euthanize a fish at home. At work, it is a necessity.
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"Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins the movie by telling you how it ends. Well, I say there are some things we don't want to know. Important things!" - Ned Flanders
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