The Creation Of Blood Parrot Cichlids (Pure Cruelty)

[smitty]

I was doing some reading and stumbled across this and it reignited the thought of this fish. I was wondering if this fish could talk what would it say to mankind.


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Cracked.com
The 6 Most Terrifying Pets Humanity Has Bred Into Existence

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Apparently, there are absolutely no qualifications needed to start screwin' with the very foundation of an entire species, and the chief motivator for many selective breeders is 'I thought it would be funny'

#5. Blood Parrot Cichlids
The Aquarium Wiki
Apparently "the rainbow" tastes like high tide.

Developed in Taiwan specifically for the demanding 1980s pet market, which, much like the 1980s music market, valued nothing so much as ostentatious colors and genetic abominations, blood parrot cichlids are an unfortunate breed. They possess a slew of abnormalities, like a deformed mouth that interferes with chewing food, a malformed spine and swim bladder disorders. But so what if your fish can't eat, swim or exist properly -- it looks like somebody spilled a pack of Skittles in the aquarium! And as if urinating right down the helix of DNA itself wasn't enough, the fish are also routinely tattooed with special messages:

Modern Pet Centre
Where's the one that hearts NY?

And yes, those lips are tattooed to look like fish lipstick. Which really just goes to show: You can teach somebody how to meddle with the very structure of life itself, but there's just no teachingclass.

 

[Rbishop]

tis what the market wants....

 

[smitty]

I understand there is a sector of the market that will buy them. But that still does not make it right.

 

[Tifftastic]

I have a greater moral objection to the dyed and tattooed ones than I do to the hybrids that are a natural orange color similar to the midas cichlid coloration.
I have a minor moral objection to the hybrid fish itself due to its mutations. However, I have a similar moral objection to English and French Bulldogs, which cannot give birth without a C-section because the heads of the pups are too large for the females pelvis to be born naturally. An objection to other brachycephalic dog breeds who often have to have surgery to breathe properly. I have the same moral objection to cornish cross hens, the ones that majority of chickens available in stores for human consumption are, because they grow so fast that before they are even a year old their hearts will give out and slaughtering them is more humane than letting them live. An objection to veal calves because they are ripped away from their mothers to grow in tents so small they cannot stand up and are slaughtered before the muscles develop to keep the meat tender (I grew up in a dairy town and saw the veal tents go up every spring, with little calf faces sticking out of them). The breeding of these fish is no better, but I still don't like how that excerpt is written. It doesn't highlight that the fish are dyed those colors, but that not all of them are. Instead of presenting facts it appears as an angry rant, which is not something I am fond of when people are trying to present facts.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

I absolutely adore english bulldogs.

 

[smitty]

I have a greater moral objection to the dyed and tattooed ones than I do to the hybrids that are a natural orange color similar to the midas cichlid coloration.
I have a minor moral objection to the hybrid fish itself due to its mutations. However, I have a similar moral objection to English and French Bulldogs, which cannot give birth without a C-section because the heads of the pups are too large for the females pelvis to be born naturally. An objection to other brachycephalic dog breeds who often have to have surgery to breathe properly. I have the same moral objection to cornish cross hens, the ones that majority of chickens available in stores for human consumption are, because they grow so fast that before they are even a year old their hearts will give out and slaughtering them is more humane than letting them live. An objection to veal calves because they are ripped away from their mothers to grow in tents so small they cannot stand up and are slaughtered before the muscles develop to keep the meat tender (I grew up in a dairy town and saw the veal tents go up every spring, with little calf faces sticking out of them). The breeding of these fish is no better, but I still don't like how that excerpt is written. It doesn't highlight that the fish are dyed those colors, but that not all of them are. Instead of presenting facts it appears as an angry rant, which is not something I am fond of when people are trying to present facts.

Human have a tendency to f... up things that God created for us to enjoy.

 

[Tifftastic]

Human have a tendency to f... up things that God created for us to enjoy.

However, natural hybridization occurs too and it can lead to new and exciting species. Additionally, without hybridization and selective breeding, which resulted in some messed up breeds and lineages, we have created broccoli, brussell sprouts, corn, cauliflower, dogs, domestic cats, cattle, horses, and countless species of garden flowers (such as the rose as we know it). Evolution creates some pretty amazing things for us to enjoy as well

 

[smitty]

I have come to realize that nature corrects it own problems over time.

 

[Ashrith]

Have you ever passed by these guys at a store....they just stare into your soul, wanting food.

I do think that dyeing ans tattooing fish is pretty screwed up. But parrot fish themselves seem to have no problems in their existence, they can lead normal fish lives and can prove to be quite intelligent at moments. In a way I believe nature has hired us to make new things for the world, somethings don't work out, but we love our creations so much that we keep em around.