Do Fish Have FEELINGS?

This video is for KIDS! (but adults can watch too). Today we’re going to talk about FISH FEELINGS! We’ll learn about whether fish can feel pain and how even though they look really different than us, they have families, friends, and feelings! By not eating fish, YOU can be a superhero to fish families everywhere!

◇ To leave a comment & for more info: https://bitesizevegan.org/do-fish-have-feelings-kids-video/

SUPER Sciency Videos about Fish:
• Do Fish Feel Pain?
— YouTube: https://youtu.be/NPa-ecYaoDc
— Website: https://bitesizevegan.org/do-fish-feel-pain/

• Is The World Running Out Of Fish?
— YouTube: https://youtu.be/bW9fOEJ0vEs
— Website: https://bitesizevegan.org/empty-oceans-is-the-world-running-out-of-fish/

• How Many Animals?? [More BIG Numbers]
— YouTube: https://youtu.be/fcBJLpF1xFs
— Website: https://bitesizevegan.org/quantifying-suffering-cruelty-by-the-numbers/
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Hi there! If you’re a kid

and you like the Little Mermaid,
love to listen to a good SharkTale,

want to free Willy or Find Nemo…

oh wait…there he is…

or maybe you’re a fan of fish sticks, goin’ fishin’, or
just think something fishy’s going on,

then this video is for you!

[Oh! I found him again]

Hi it's Emily from Bite Size Vegan and welcome
to another vegan nugget. I’m so excited

to be making another video just for you. So
far in my videos for kids we’ve talked about

why we don’t drink milk, eat meat or
eggs, or honey, or wear wool,

how you can be a superhero for the planet,
the people and the animals by being vegan

and even heard from real vegan kids! You can
watch all of those videos later if you want

linked there and in the
video description below.

Now just like in my other videos I promise
that I’m not going to show you anything

scary, that I’ll tell you the truth no matter
what and that I won’t talk down to you,

cause you’re super smart!

Now in one of my other videos for kids we
talked all about why we don’t eat meat.

When most people think about meat, they think
about animals like cows, pigs, chickens and

other birds, maybe even goats and sheep.

Strangely enough fish are often left out altogether.
So you may hear someone say they’re vegetarian

(meaning they don’t eat meat), but they
do eat fish, which is pretty silly when you

think about it. I mean, does that mean that fish
are plants? Have you ever seen a fish tree,

because I certainly haven’t! If you…do find
a fish tree…definitely let me know.

Well vegans certainly don’t eat fish. If
you don’t know already, being vegan means

you don’t eat animals or anything that comes
out of them like milk, eggs, cheese, or honey

or wear anything from their bodies,
like wool or leather or silk.

And the truth is fish are animals! Just like
dogs, cats, cows, pigs, chickens, and us!

But being basically called plants isn’t
the only way fish get a bad rap.

Many people think that fish can’t feel pain. There are
even teams of scientists who argue

back and forth all the time with their big words and
charts and graphs about

whether or not fish feel pain.

If you’re super into science, I have a whole
video about the battle of brainiacs,

that you can watch here. But to make it simple, studies show that fish do, in fact feel pain.

And like I’ve talked about in my other videos for kids, if someone can feel pain,

then it’s not right to hurt them, even if they do live underwater and don’t look or act anything like we do.

It’s hard to know what a fish is thinking
or feeling because they do look so different from us!

When dogs are hurt or sad, they whine.
When cows are really scared, their eyes get all big.

When cats are happy, they purr. And
even though we don’t speak dog or cow or cat -

or at least I don’t…if you do…that’s
pretty awesome!—

we still can still understand what they’re feeling.

But how do you know if a fish is happy or
sad? If they’re excited? Scared?

How can you tell if they hurt? Sadly, what scientists
usually do to find out of someone can feel pain,

is they hurt them. And we humans have
a habit of not believing something until we prove it.

So even though fish have always
felt pain, scientists keep hurting them.

It’s kinda like if the Earth was invaded
by aliens from the planet Fishtonia, who looked

totally different than us and couldn’t understand
what we were saying. And just because we look

different from them, the aliens decided that
we probably weren’t very smart and definitely

don’t feel pain or emotions. How scary would
that be trying to tell them in the best way

we know how that we do hurt, but being ignored
because we’re so different?

That may seem like a silly concept, but sometimes
the best way to know if what we do to animals

is right is to imagine ourselves in their
place.

Of course what’s worse for fish than scientists
hurting them to see if they feel pain is the

whole rest of the world hurting them for dinner!
A ton of people all around the world eat a

ton of fish, and I mean actually tons and tons
of fish. And because people think that fish can’t

feel pain, there are no laws about how they should
be treated.

It’s kinda like finding your favorite food
on your kitchen table but when to take a bite,

suddenly your mouth hurts really bad! And
before you know it you’re pulled out the

front door and underwater.

That would be pretty scary, right? Well that’s
what it’s like for fish when they bite onto hooks.

And just like we can’t breathe underwater,
fish can’t breathe when they’re out of

the water, so after they’re caught, whether
by a hook or by a net, they die

very slowly and very painfully.

The worst part is fish are even skinned and
cut up alive. I can’t even imagine how terrifying

and painful that would be!

Fish may not look like you or me. They may
not scream or cry like we do. But even you

and I don’t scream the same way or cry the
same way or about the same things.

Different people laugh at different jokes. Some people
will hide when they’re scared while others

will act tough and pretend they’re okay.
In some countries shaking your head means

yes and nodding means no.

And I don’t have to tell you that different
people look..well…different! But when it

comes down to it, no matter what language
we speak or how we shake our heads, we all feel.

We can feel joy and happiness, we can
feel fear and sadness and we can hurt.

And so can fish. And cows, and pigs, and chickens,
goats, sheep, dogs, cats, monkeys, camels,

parrots, rabbits, iguanas, elephants, zebras,
whales, rhinoceroses, platypuses, dragons,

unicorns, jabberwocks and bandersnatches…

oh I got... a little carried away there…

But here’s the important thing. Fish can
feel pain. And hurting anyone who can be hurt

is a pretty awful thing to do. They may not
talk like Nemo and Dori, but they do have

mothers and fathers and sister and brothers.
They even form friendships, watch each others’

backs, and are a whole lot smarter than we’ve
always thought!

But every year we humans kill about 2.8 trillion
fish for food. That’s a pretty huge number!

Just think about this. This is an inch. If
you walked for 2.8 trillion inches, you could

go to the moon and back almost 94 times, or
around the world almost 2,800 times!

It’s hard to even imagine a number that
big! And it’s not only hurting the fish,

but also our planet. Pretty soon there won’t
be any fish left in the sea!

But here’s the good news. You can be a friend
to the fish and choose not to eat them!

And you don’t even have to give up your favorite
fish dishes! There are vegan fish sticks and

vegan prawns and other options to chose from.

No painful hooks, no being pulled from their
home, no slow and scary deaths, and no being

cut up alive. You can save them from all of
that. And even though they may not be able

to thank you in a way you can understand,
your choice will keep little fish families

together. And that’s pretty amazing!

I hope this was helpful. Let me know what
you thought of the video in the comments and

if you have other things you’d like me to
cover, feel free to tell me!

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What do you call a fish with two eyes?

A f-II-sh

What you you call a fish with no eyes?

A f-sh.

I’m gonna stop now…

It’s probably best.