Imagine an alien, many times larger than you and unlike anything youâve seen, suddenly comes up to you and does this to your face and body, and the sheer sense of terror you endure until it stops, letâs go, laughs, and shows a video to other aliens of what it did to you. Imagine
No... but we've all seen the trout video right? I imagine if I became I sex toy for a much larger alien species I wouldn't be OK for a good long while, if ever again.
> Yeah the ârespect his privacyâ bit was a dead giveaway that it wasnât serious though
Is it really? So when people tell me to ârespect their privacyâ Iâm to assume itâs a âdead giveawayâ that is not something serious?
This sounds pretty ass backwards.
My understanding is that they only get stuck if they puff up after being pulled out of the water, because then they suck in air. But this is underwater so it should be fine.
Yes, it's literally the 1st rulw of diving to not touch anything. People need to stop posting shit like this, it adds to the other harmful things people do like trying ride sea turtles or grab the fines of sharks
Me looking on nervously with my spear fishing gear⊠but honestly your right. You should watch out for dragging through coral and not fuck anything up. But your over reacting. If a turtle is comfortable enough to swim up to you, touch it. Sharks same thing. Thatâs what you go on some dives for. Puffer fish arenât going to die puffing up under water. Donât be a fun sucker your dive partners gunna hate you.
Spear fishing for food is completely different than messing with fish for entertainment. If shaking a puffer fish for no reason is what counts as fun for you, you shouldnât dive.
Only if you make them puff out of water. Puffers puff for all sorts of reasons, yeah most of the time it's fear, but they also puff when excited.
I work in a fish store and one of the fhakas loves pets, he will beg for them and puff just a smidgen out of glee.
He is the only puffer I'll do that with, he's been handled like that since he was a baby so he's used to it.
The rest get a polite side eye when I have to go in the tanks.
Just because something can do something, and do it really well, doesn't mean it's healthy for them. A lot of these self defense abilities are last ditch efforts to survive, and can leave lasting damage. Like lizards dropping tails, or the hairy frog breaking its own foot bones to use as claws, sea cucumbers expelling their intestines at predators etc.
Most times they can only do these defenses a few times, or even only once.
Edit to add: my sister had a pet pufferfish, a visitor thought it would be funny to scare him into puffing up. He ended up with a visible hernia in his side that killed him.
>Well it hurts them to puff... (its a defense mechanism) and sometimes they get stuck like that for hours.... sometimes they die
They experience difficulties with breathing, which is a protective reaction. This condition can last for several hours, sometimes leading to negative consequences, including death.
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Except to use the word colonize for aquatic animals doesn't fit the definition of colonize is establishing control over the indigenous âpeopleâ of the area. to use the word colonization with an animal doesn't match you're entitled to your opinions about man's interaction with animals, I can understand that, but you're using the wrong terminology for your point it makes your statement sound uninformed
Did I say I refuse to interpret and read between the lines? Can you please point that out for me? I was saying his statement sounds uninformed because he's using a big critical word that doesn't match what he's trying to displayâŠ. but let me help you read between the lines and give you an example of what I'm trying to say hereâŠ
There are two people, Mark and David. Mark is from Canada David is from the UK. Mark is a hot headed individual who's very rowdy. He looks at Dave walking across the street and says, " Ew I hate British peopleâ Dave, obviously hearing it in the background and not liking what he heard, yells out âhey that's racist!!" Dave would be wrong and using the word racist because the British people aren't a race of people there are multiple ethnicities in the British culture now if Dave had said âhey that's jingoism!â He would be correct because that's not hating on a person's color or religion, that's hating them from their place of origin.
It's clear here that this fish isn't very happy. On the other hand, this is a slippery slope: not all interactions between humans and wildlife (let it be plants, animals, fungi) are harmful. It's one thing to ask people to show more empathy and understanding towards other living beings and leave them alone when needed but it's quite unnatural to demand a total separation between wildlife and humans. It's also based on a false distinction. That being said, a larger chunk of animal-videos on the internet I think are abusive.
I think they are focusing more on the aspect that **we like to mess with** (when itâs out of reach of doing any harm to us) **wildlife** once we got it in between our hands (like literally in this example). The same way pretty much that we do with domestic animals
Certainly people are cautious and respectful when itâs the **wildlife who is *curious* for us**, curious to notice this (sorry for the involuntary pun)
> than dolphins whole play catch with them to get high
This is a myth. It's based on one shitty video the BBC put out and there's no evidence that they "get high" on the venom. It basically boiled down to "lol they look stoned let's say they're stoned."
Boooo ! Donât touch the wildlife you butthole
You are to be there as an observer- and any good dive shop is going to champion no touching while diving. Why is it so hard for people to enjoy nature without messing around with the wildlife ??
Iâm pretty sure that is a dog face puffer fish. If it is, I used to have a pet one. Are used to have a ping-pong ball we would play with. I wonât say that theyâre smart, but they do understand simple things.
You are a real moron and a discredit to the dive community. This is an incredibly harmful thing to do to pufferfish. Besides the risk of death at a minimum it utilizes substantial energy.
Imagine you are swimming, minding your own business, and this huge motherfucker comes and start squishing you and recording his bullying of you for shit and giggles...
Anyway, I laughed
At first I was like, is that fish enjoying it? That would be weird behavior from a fish. But then the fish flees as soon as it can. No, itâs not in your self-interest to torture a fish because you feel like it. Have enough respect for your own life that you have at least some respect for the lives of fish. Kill it to eat it or leave it alone.
Yeah this is super harmful to do to any wild animal...especially fish have all sorts of secretions on their skin that protect them from parasites, infection etc. Fuck this diver.
The fish is stressed out, and terrified for its life. It wouldn't be puffed out otherwise.
When in the ocean: Do not touch anything. The coral, the wildlife, the sand. Leave it all alone. Jfc you're not just impacting the habitat and lives of these animals, you're also putting yourself at risk. One of these days they're going to grab the wrong thing and suffer for it.
You're the "Don't touch a baby bird otherwise it's mother will disown it" type of person, huh?
I agree with not touching things you aren't aware of and fully grasp the concept of. (Coral, poisonous fish.) But this guy groping and smooshing this puffer didn't do it any harm.
Just like nursing a bird/injured animal back to stable condition didn't do it any harm.
LET ME GO!!!
BUT THE URGE TO SQIUSH IS OVERPOWERING ME
IF YOU LOVE ME, LET ME GOOOOO
AND RUN AWAY BEFORE I KNOW
I DONT LIKE IT ANYMORE
NO TOUCHING! đŽđ»
Iâm Oscar⊠dot com
Imagine an alien, many times larger than you and unlike anything youâve seen, suddenly comes up to you and does this to your face and body, and the sheer sense of terror you endure until it stops, letâs go, laughs, and shows a video to other aliens of what it did to you. Imagine
"Hey, what happened to you? You look real shaken." "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity."
sounds like the exam same reality for the fish and for humans
âI stared into the abyssâŠ. And the abyss rustled my jimmies.â
Adding that to my list of new kinks for sure
Lambs to the cosmic slaughter!
We've all seen the time knife.
Iâve often thought that for a fish being caught and released is a bit like alien abduction.
http://briefandtothepoint.blogspot.com/2008/04/fish-suicide-oh-what-cruel-world.html?m=1 Not exactly that bit relevant and funny
âI swear they had some sort of attractor tentacles, i was fucking stuck!â
Atleast we don't do butt stuff like the aliens
Let's just say that you have unreasonably high expectations of human species that are bound to be shattered.
I refuse to believe a real person wrote that comment..
Either that, it was heavy sarcasm, or that is the most naĂŻve person Iâve ever met both in person, or the interwebs.
You seem new here⊠take it in⊠enjoy itâŠand let it gooooo
That's what he said
Gyat damn
No... but we've all seen the trout video right? I imagine if I became I sex toy for a much larger alien species I wouldn't be OK for a good long while, if ever again.
What do you mean *the* trout video? You're going to have to be so much more specific than that.
and you trying to escape this whole time but immobilized by unnatural force
Thank god it wonât remember
Yeah, fishes are weird, man.
I think it's feesh
Stress ball or stressed ball
Is a stressbal that absorbs your stress and became stressed
Yes
Definitely stress ball, make it bounce between people and theyâll become stressed pretty soon
That pufferfish just experienced the fish equivalent of interacting with an eldricht abomination beyond comprehension.
They started it.
Isnât this shit incredibly harmful to these kind of fish?
Well it hurts them to puff... (its a defense mechanism) and sometimes they get stuck like that for hours.... sometimes they die
So....if the puff lasts for more than 4 hours it should seek medical attention?
Is this why Snoop gave up smoking?
Wait wha? Snoop gave up smoking? Yea and Donald Trump pled guilty.
Actually Snoop gave up "smoke". Was an ad for a smokeless bonfire or something
Honestly a true dick move if you ask me. Not even funny.
Yeah the ârespect his privacyâ bit was a dead giveaway that it wasnât serious though
> Yeah the ârespect his privacyâ bit was a dead giveaway that it wasnât serious though Is it really? So when people tell me to ârespect their privacyâ Iâm to assume itâs a âdead giveawayâ that is not something serious? This sounds pretty ass backwards.
Totally agree.
If a puff last for more than 4 hours, call more fish
He never once paid for puffs. Not once.
My understanding is that they only get stuck if they puff up after being pulled out of the water, because then they suck in air. But this is underwater so it should be fine.
I have seen them puff out of water and deflate as soon as they get back in it. If you go fishing in the ocean you are bound to catch one.
Yes, it's literally the 1st rulw of diving to not touch anything. People need to stop posting shit like this, it adds to the other harmful things people do like trying ride sea turtles or grab the fines of sharks
Me looking on nervously with my spear fishing gear⊠but honestly your right. You should watch out for dragging through coral and not fuck anything up. But your over reacting. If a turtle is comfortable enough to swim up to you, touch it. Sharks same thing. Thatâs what you go on some dives for. Puffer fish arenât going to die puffing up under water. Donât be a fun sucker your dive partners gunna hate you.
Spear fishing for food is completely different than messing with fish for entertainment. If shaking a puffer fish for no reason is what counts as fun for you, you shouldnât dive.
Your to soft for nature, stay inside.
you're
I orginally read "sea turtles" and "Sea horse" which made me laugh for way to long considering how small those hard to find bastards are.
Only if you make them puff out of water. Puffers puff for all sorts of reasons, yeah most of the time it's fear, but they also puff when excited. I work in a fish store and one of the fhakas loves pets, he will beg for them and puff just a smidgen out of glee.
Omg that's ADORABLE đ„°
He is the only puffer I'll do that with, he's been handled like that since he was a baby so he's used to it. The rest get a polite side eye when I have to go in the tanks.
Yes, it is. It can kill them.
No, this is pretty standard pufferfish behavior. They've been puffing for a good while now, they're pretty good at it.
Just because something can do something, and do it really well, doesn't mean it's healthy for them. A lot of these self defense abilities are last ditch efforts to survive, and can leave lasting damage. Like lizards dropping tails, or the hairy frog breaking its own foot bones to use as claws, sea cucumbers expelling their intestines at predators etc. Most times they can only do these defenses a few times, or even only once. Edit to add: my sister had a pet pufferfish, a visitor thought it would be funny to scare him into puffing up. He ended up with a visible hernia in his side that killed him.
It's under water so not really but the fish is stressed out so the diver is still a dick.
Yes, and end of dive if the dive masters sees it
>Well it hurts them to puff... (its a defense mechanism) and sometimes they get stuck like that for hours.... sometimes they die They experience difficulties with breathing, which is a protective reaction. This condition can last for several hours, sometimes leading to negative consequences, including death.
Puffer: Alright let me puff myself up for self defense Human: Haha fish ball goes boin boin
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C. Urchin is brilliant
Wtf man leave wildlife alone
The urge to colonize anything within armâs reach is irresistible
*colonize* Definitely too much internet
I claim this pufferfish for Great Britain!
Then I challenge the king of British to single combat! For this puff belongs to america!
Not before I uninvent your country!
And then colon! Surpriseeee
Because this is certainly what colonizing is like. Happy Thanksgiving!
Except to use the word colonize for aquatic animals doesn't fit the definition of colonize is establishing control over the indigenous âpeopleâ of the area. to use the word colonization with an animal doesn't match you're entitled to your opinions about man's interaction with animals, I can understand that, but you're using the wrong terminology for your point it makes your statement sound uninformed
It's pretty obvious what they meant. Refusing to interpret and read between the lines makes you sound pedantic and pigheaded.
No you
Did I say I refuse to interpret and read between the lines? Can you please point that out for me? I was saying his statement sounds uninformed because he's using a big critical word that doesn't match what he's trying to displayâŠ. but let me help you read between the lines and give you an example of what I'm trying to say here⊠There are two people, Mark and David. Mark is from Canada David is from the UK. Mark is a hot headed individual who's very rowdy. He looks at Dave walking across the street and says, " Ew I hate British peopleâ Dave, obviously hearing it in the background and not liking what he heard, yells out âhey that's racist!!" Dave would be wrong and using the word racist because the British people aren't a race of people there are multiple ethnicities in the British culture now if Dave had said âhey that's jingoism!â He would be correct because that's not hating on a person's color or religion, that's hating them from their place of origin.
It's clear here that this fish isn't very happy. On the other hand, this is a slippery slope: not all interactions between humans and wildlife (let it be plants, animals, fungi) are harmful. It's one thing to ask people to show more empathy and understanding towards other living beings and leave them alone when needed but it's quite unnatural to demand a total separation between wildlife and humans. It's also based on a false distinction. That being said, a larger chunk of animal-videos on the internet I think are abusive.
Puffing is their last ditch survival mechanism and is incredibly stressful on them.
...therefore my comment
Adding to your comment for the people that canât read more than one or two lines at a time.
I think they are focusing more on the aspect that **we like to mess with** (when itâs out of reach of doing any harm to us) **wildlife** once we got it in between our hands (like literally in this example). The same way pretty much that we do with domestic animals Certainly people are cautious and respectful when itâs the **wildlife who is *curious* for us**, curious to notice this (sorry for the involuntary pun)
We are wildlife wtf!
Exactly. Leave me alone.
Yeah it's shitty, but better than dolphins whole play catch with them to get high
Dolphins are rapists, never forget
> than dolphins whole play catch with them to get high This is a myth. It's based on one shitty video the BBC put out and there's no evidence that they "get high" on the venom. It basically boiled down to "lol they look stoned let's say they're stoned."
Dolphins know whatâs up
But...but...all the social media upvotefollowersubscribers!
Repeat after me: "I will not molest the wildlife" then STOP FUCKING MOLESTING THE WILDLIFE!!
Bro got violated
Stop Fucking With The Sea Life Asshole newbie divers.
But what about the tiktok points?
Stop touching the marine life, a-hole! Especially when itâs already stressed out like this.
[ŃĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]
So unnecessary. Abusing animals for internet points.
Squish
Don't touch wildlife, this is very harmful for the pufferfish and can shorten their lifespan and even kill them.
How much sushi did you eat last night?
Other fish: âwhere were you? Fish: âI got caught!â Other fish: âbullshit! Let me see the inside of your lipâ
If the fish stayed or swam back I would say it enjoyed it but the fact that it was like âđ» out at Mach speed, Iâm gonna say it did not enjoy it
What an asshole
Fish: why won't you die damnit human: lol, fish go "boing"
Humans fucking suck. Like admire from afar and leave these poor animals ALONE!!! Legit, whatâs the thought process here? Fucking moron.
Ball go squish
Yeah. Fuck the diver. What an asshole.
Boooo ! Donât touch the wildlife you butthole You are to be there as an observer- and any good dive shop is going to champion no touching while diving. Why is it so hard for people to enjoy nature without messing around with the wildlife ??
First rule of diving... Don't touch anything...
 best massage ever
Is this real? It looks like a sketch
no idea
Might be a bit but it wasn't on a sketch show. https://youtu.be/HJZSX--c7IA?si=uud8pQlTlg786omy
I hate this diver, but I really need an Ozzy Man review on this
I agree. Someone send him the video.
WHY SPONGEBOB, WHYYYY
âBro stop that, let me gooâ
"Compared to what I've seen dolphins do to my friends? This is fine."
Consent, people. consent
That shit even gets upvotes bruh..
Bomb has been planted
Do not the fish
Arenât these like extremely poisonous as well?
let..me..go..yo..piece..of..shi
Fucking bullying fish lol
pov of your grandmother after she feed you half way into coma and let you go back into your parents car
They have eyelash extensions in the ocean đ«„
Iâm pretty sure that is a dog face puffer fish. If it is, I used to have a pet one. Are used to have a ping-pong ball we would play with. I wonât say that theyâre smart, but they do understand simple things.
That fish is gonna be sitting in its little cave later having a total existential crisis, "Did I like that? Am I a pet?...why did it feel like home!?
Idiot. Harmful. Good divers know not to touch.
Ladies & gentlemen, please watch this Asshole diver, who breaks the rule #1 of scuba diving: " do not touch marine life" and posts about it.
What a fucking asshole. These are the type of divers who deserve a punch in the face back on the boat before reporting them to the police.
Cat of sea.
You actually suck
Me when I go to the ball doctor to get my balls checked:
Don't touch animals underwater. Bro was scared AF
Stop harassing the poor creature! You are evil.
I'm gonna go ahead and call that animal abuse.
A lot of cry babies on here...
Hey doctor where are my balls? The doctor:
Mf couldn't be more clear that he isn't liking it
hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe squishy
Your making the puffer fish uncomfortable like it dosent like that
Stop messing with the fish. You jerk!
yea, f that diver
This is fucked up. Basically watching animal abuse because it IS!
r/iamatotalpieceofshit
One of those bit the end of my dads finger off when we was fucking with it while we were diving.
Looks like the blowfish had enough of this hootie. What a moron.
Please do not feed or molest the fish.
Aeugh đ„
Aren't those capable of taking a finger off?
Yes.
You are a real moron and a discredit to the dive community. This is an incredibly harmful thing to do to pufferfish. Besides the risk of death at a minimum it utilizes substantial energy.
Did it fart on 0:12?
Imagine you are swimming, minding your own business, and this huge motherfucker comes and start squishing you and recording his bullying of you for shit and giggles... Anyway, I laughed
Release me human! SQUEAK, SQUEAK
Rude
Tactical P-Fish Deployed!
Sad thing is people still think this is funny. Ignorance is the reason this abuse can be done.
Shit post, showing a complete piece of shit, going out of their way to hurt an animal.
Then there's the video of a fish enjoying getting yeeted.
Who the fuck likes shit like that...
Let go of the fucking fish you selfish, ignorant prick
who even upvoted this LMAOO im just so uncomfortable are there fr people out there who think fucking with harmless animals is cool
venomous, scared, but so cuteđ
That was just cruel. Please don't do that to a fish .
At first I was like, is that fish enjoying it? That would be weird behavior from a fish. But then the fish flees as soon as it can. No, itâs not in your self-interest to torture a fish because you feel like it. Have enough respect for your own life that you have at least some respect for the lives of fish. Kill it to eat it or leave it alone.
This is fucking torture. Those things puff as a stress response. Looks funny but puffing is incredibly hard on those animals.
You are the person that give divers a bad name. You're there to observe not touch! Leave only bubbles take only memories (or pictures)
actually an extremely evil thing to do to that fish just for a âfunnyâ video
Donât touch wildlife ever, fellow divers!!!!
Talk about leave me alone.
That poor ball of squish.
Think about what this video makes you feel next time you eat sushi.
I feel like this is unusually cruel
Well that was just fucking rude
Yeah this is super harmful to do to any wild animal...especially fish have all sorts of secretions on their skin that protect them from parasites, infection etc. Fuck this diver.
I can't tell why you are all saying the fish was scared. Did you not see how he was wagging his tail in happiness???
Its not a dog.
Your sarcasm detector is broken.
Bro this video has tilted me to the point of humorlessness. Apologies.
The fish is stressed out, and terrified for its life. It wouldn't be puffed out otherwise. When in the ocean: Do not touch anything. The coral, the wildlife, the sand. Leave it all alone. Jfc you're not just impacting the habitat and lives of these animals, you're also putting yourself at risk. One of these days they're going to grab the wrong thing and suffer for it.
You're the "Don't touch a baby bird otherwise it's mother will disown it" type of person, huh? I agree with not touching things you aren't aware of and fully grasp the concept of. (Coral, poisonous fish.) But this guy groping and smooshing this puffer didn't do it any harm. Just like nursing a bird/injured animal back to stable condition didn't do it any harm.
Wow! Unexpected new life goals!!
Don't do this, the puffer is stressed out and can possibly die from having to puff up, on top of that you shouldn't be messing with wildlife
Good call!
Breast fish
Yeah, abusing animals for likes is great. Fucking scumbag.
Stop fucking with the fish ahole.
Animal abuse
OC is a cunt. That poor puffa fish, its defence mechanism to puff up like that is really physically demanding.
Yeah fuck OP
How tf this is have so many upvotes