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[–] 46 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Real talk: putting almost any lifeform in to too-small an enclosure, with too few elements from their natural environs, is a pretty effective way to make their lives more miserable and get the least-interesting experience out of appreciating them.

/mini-rant!

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    As a kid I went to an aquarium, and they had goldfish, but instead of creating some micro-habitat like in all the other tanks, they had just put a bunch of mirrors in there and all smooth surfaces. A plaque explained that the gold fish as a breed/species no longer had a natural environment, so didn't require any similarity to one either. And even as a kid I remember that striking me as just incredibly stupid.

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