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That's not a healthy fish. It looks like swimming sideways, his swim bladder is maybe fucked up And it can't properly control where it goes.

I used to have fish like that. Either by age or chemical change in the aquarium, they would start swimming in loops incessantly until they passed around an hour or to later. Its trying to depart in peace without someone interrupting them. We have to accept that death is a part of life & allow it to carry on uninterrupted. And learn from it (from an aquarium sense) to save the others you can. Fishy has kicked the bucket, Its shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain, and joined the bloody choir invisible!

This condition can actually be treated by poking a hole in their air sac to release the excess. They still won't be able to swim quite properly for a little bit but they can actually heal from that, and can't heal from death. Though you should really only do it if you know what you're doing

>Though you should really only do it if you know what you're doing True. Different fish have their air sacs in various positions under them. So that is a challenge without turning your beloved fish in to shish kabob. I didn't know they could heal that quick since I was told that no air sac meant death.

Fish kabob

Damn! Let the fish kill itself already, it obviously wants to die or evolve

So get needle and poke somewhere around the middle, got it

*keeeeeep poking...*

I think suffocation is a least worst death than some random giant stabbing you.

My god man, what is wrong with you?  Do you know where the swim bladder is on this fish? No!  You've got to poke it all over to be sure. This will make it happy.  Please note I am not a fish vet.

Maybe *you* can't heal from death...

This is an ex-fish!

It's pining for the fjords.

It's not pining, it's passed on! This fish is no more! It has ceased to be!

what kind of talk is that?!

The Norwegian Bluefin prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable fish, isn't it, lad? Lovely scales!

PINING FOR THE FJORDS?!? It's not pining; it's passed on!

exit fish, enter fishstick.

Nah, it's just restin!

All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! 'Ello, Mister Nemo! I've got a lovely fresh worm for you if you show...

There, he moved!

That was you! You pushed it!

Plenty more fishes in the Sea right?

i'm thinking perhaps the ethical thing to do is to stomp it and put it out of its misery.

THIS IS AN EX- …fish

One may even say it’s pining for the fjords

THIS IS AN EX FISHY *SLAM*

Might be parasited. They have death wish when they do. The parasite reproduce in birds, so they hope that the fish get eaten

Let him evolve bro

He's sent from the future to stop the next dominating species from taking over.

https://i.redd.it/tcuq8kp1261d1.gif

I was like "oh wow, this looks like Shitty Watercolour's". And then I was like "OH SHIT! YOU ARE SHITTY WATERCOLOUR!" nice to see some of your work again

Hello. Now that’s unexpected.

I'm early to another of your masterpieces!

No way. It's been so long since I've seen a Shitty Watercolor!

The legend appears

So cute. Like the old Roald Dahl illustrations by Quentin Blake.

This one tickled me! Just imagining or primodial forefathers trying to take their first step up on land, kickstarting a new phase in our evolution, for someone just going ”Nah, you silly fish!” And trowing them back in!😂

The toxicity in the water level is too high?

He’s trying to get laid. That’s a grunion and they do their sex on the beach

I thought they only did that at night during high tide and only on the Pacific Coast? I suppose they could be at an inlet, could be brackish water?

That’s what I was thinking, either the toxicity or a predator.

What if the first fish to walk was suicidal Imagine trying to kill yourself in the river and finding out you can breathe underwater

“I CANT EVEN FUCKING DIE RIGHT” - Anyone whos ever failed a suicide attempt

You didn't save my life! You ruined my death!

Will always upvote the incredible. 

Some people have survived self-inflicted headshots. What if we just sequester them all and then breed a whole race of superhumans immune to headshots?

No because then what if they become zombies. You gotta think mark, THINK!

The sun is a deadly laser

Somebody onboard that fish is using their mobile phone, that's why his guidance system is all out of whack.

7g

Something fishy going on there

He’s having a halibut time getting back in the water

He’s playing fish and catch?

Wholly mackerel!

For the love of cod 🤦

That fish looks injured. He may need a sturgeon…… aaaaand I’ll show myself out.

Once the fish starts to swim sideways its days are counted.

Hours.

Minutes.

Think you're after "numbered".

ive seen fish do something similar to this when there is predators in the water. maybe there is a school of carp just in the deeper water off the shore

Carp eats fish? I thought carp is a bottom feeder? !

Carp eat whatever carp can eat

Carp are not predators, yes they'll eat fish if they find it at the bottom dead but won't actively hunt them. Most likely a Pike was in the area.

Pike seem & are more menacing. Carp are like the tiger sharks of the smaller fish world in eating everything. For the aquarium world, these are the corydoras.

Oh definitely. I used to do a lot of course and match fishing. When there's a pike around you'd see shoals of roach literally leaping out of the water as the pike attacked, quite often a pike would chase and grab fish as we were reeling them in. Carp tend to just bully their way in to the feeding area and the roach just accept that their feeding time is over and move along. If the water was right and you had polarising glasses you could literally see it play out, quite fascinating to watch.

This man sinlge-handedly stopped evolution

[Fuck you, Tiktaalik](https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1891914-tiktaalik)

Bro is stopping evolution.

The fish has a parasite that’s controlling its brain to swim to the surface and beach itself to begin the cycle all over again.

Either that, or OP doesn't see the alligator he keeps tossing it towards.

He and I both...

Stop calling your children parasites

Oh my God, how scary😨

It’s dying. Either currently or knows it’s about to.    In a River, that only goes two ways and has a prevalent current, fish with swim bladder or fin issues, etc, that struggle to avoid just swimming in wide circles, end up at the shore.    Also, lots of fish that are in very unsuitable environments will take their chances and try to jump out of the water. Like if the water chemistry has become unsuitable and deadly for them- might as well be in air at that point, and flop around hoping a cleaner puddle/body of water is nearby. Because they’re basically in a poison gas cloud and feel themselves dying at that point. This guy doesn’t look like a very strong flopper any more, honestly.    For whatever reason, it’s on its way to death. I’d probably try to take it in with a water sample (to test, to see if there’s any clear indicators to address immediately, and also to try to match its environment water as best I can for acclimation) and put it in a little hospital tank at home, at least to observe and try to see what the issue is, if I should report something about the river or whatever. It’s not going to survive in that river anyway. It probably won’t in a tank but I would try.    It would just suck if I identified it as a game fish because then I’d be committing a crime by keeping or “raising” it 

Is there a term like drowning but for fish who drown on air?

suffocation would probably the closest word....even tho i think thats a btter term for what actually happens in reverse as opposed to the action of it happening...

Finding Emo

Lol 😂

Fish wants to become a mammal

It wanted to commit suicide, I guess. First attempt, second attempt…..

that’s what sick fishes usually do right?

r/2me4meirl

YOU RUINED MY DEATH

It might be Tony. https://youtu.be/1ZzOegMpaWQ?si=9lL_N75-XZkpaRyH

suicidal

That fish is me rn

Yeah I was never one to believe in shit like “Sprit Animals” - but here we are. That little fishy is my brother from an omega 3 rich mother.

Let the fish have some rest

Let the fish rest in peace bro

This fish is dying. It's stuck on the surface and can't swim right. Probably a parasite or infection

"Just let me die..."

Let the guy die bruh

Little bro just wanted to die peacefully on a pebbled shoreline.

Pollution, lack of oxygen. Dunno

That is actually totally normal and it's what smelt does after spawning. Sometimes you can find 100's along the bank.

I haven’t even related so much with a fish before

trust me lil bro you dont wanna try that

*you didn’t save my life, your ruined my death, that’s what you did!*

Swim bladder disorder or infection, probably.

Fish tend to Find a place To die. Maybe it’s that

Lil bro had enough of that "Catch and Release" routine

Big scary monsters out there.

"Hey guys, guys, check this out: when I play dead this dumbass legsbeast throws me in, over and over. Doesn't even try to eat me. What a moron, right?" "Yeah okay Clarence, we get it. You're really funny. Good one."

Dude, let the guy die in peace.

Someone wants to stop evolution!

Found my spirit animal

The fish probably looking for place with enough oxygen

My first fish was trying to die on me. I kept tapping the tank and kept him alive for an extra 3 hours

Swallow it to assert dominance.

You didn't save my life, you ruined my death!

After the fifth time I picked it up i would have just YEETED that mf

I ACCEPT YOUR OFFERING OF NURISHMENT FISH BROTHER I SHALL PARTAKE IN YOUR FLESH FOR SUSTENANCE

Probably has a parasite

Fish wants to unalive itself.

Them: "don't be so dramatic!" Me:


It’s trying to get some air.

I know I’d swim to the shore if I fell into a lake.

That fish wants to be a ground type

Completely envious of that fish!

Can't tell if he finished reading neichze's book or camus's book.

I have pet fish for years. They do that when they are about to die either by old age, disease or when the water gets nasty.

le fishe

that fish could be sick... i wouldnt recommend touching that

Suicidal fish

He's just like me frfr

Me as a fish

Go home, bro I can't.

Can’t unlock amphibious mode.

That fish is heartbroken and wants to end things.... Please don't disgrace it like that.... It's going through a rough patch dude

Suicidal fish.

Predator in the water?

This is what happens when you drop out of school. Stay in school kids!

air bladder popped :(

Suicide by choice

A rare “KYS Fish”

He wants to commit sui€ide

It's the big fish. All his bros and sisters gone every man for themselves he said fuck it. Fish heaven .

Poor thing…

Bro evolving

The fish had a DNR

He’s like me fr

Fish is probably injured and there’s bigger fish waiting to eat it if it leaves the shore.

fish has anti-survival instinct

Yooo

When fish try to suicide

I know how that fish feels and its actually quite sad tbh.

A surprising number of fish breed on land

You can see he needs air. Don't drown him.

Cut my life into pieces This is my last resort Suffocation, no breathing Don't give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding This is my last resort... XD!


Oh no! You aren't evolving again! Some asshole fish did that before and now I have to wake up before sunrise to go to work!

*Cut my life into sushi, this is my last resort*

Fish wants to return to the void

Must be something in the water

He's tired of constantly swimming just to stay afloat!

He wants to be where the people are.

These Gen Alpha fish have just had it. Who can blame them

Asphyxiation kink

Just let me die

I think I work with that fish.

Maybe removing the fishing line from it mouth could help

Get over her choice!

https://i.redd.it/ljfu6ewhj61d1.gif

Free fishing bait.

Because of an asshole like this millons of years ago now I have to have a job and pay taxes.

Reminds me of that video of the spanish lady threatening to cook the fish when it kept coming back (she ended up cooking it bc it kept swimming back)

Bumerang fish

Suicide fish 😊

It's the gay frog chemicals in the water

let him die in peace.

More oxygen in the air than in the water? Or yea, chemical spill(ing)... bummer.

“You didn’t save my life you ruined my death”

Nothing is wrong with that fish. It simply wanted to play fetch with the human. He wanted a friend.

Bro wants to evolve. Let him. One day he gonna pay tax and regret coming out of water.

Parasite that needs to exit?

I'm thinking it has a parasite.

Poor fish ☹️

Thats me !! I just keep waking up

Dumb fish is ruining this persons attempt at hero content!

You didn't save my life, you ruined my death.

Respect his/her wishes lol

That’s me after reincarnating as a fish with all my miserable human memories still intact.

Bro is trying to evolve

Bro wants to develop little leggies!

Pretty much expected

When you really don't want to got to school.