What would you expect from a seahorse though, am I right?

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    603 months ago

    I think the saying about fish not being aware of water is nonsense. People are aware that there’s air around them, without having to know any science. They can feel the wind, their own breath, etc. Fish have that plus they need to push against water in order to move. A fish that didn’t know what water was would be like a land animal that didn’t know what the ground was.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      513 months ago

      Next you’ll be telling me seahorses can’t talk.

    • @LesserAbe
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      303 months ago

      I’ll have you know fish are fucking idiots

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      293 months ago

      I think you underestimate our past ignorance. It took many decades of science being taught for the general population to “know” that air exists.

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        3 months ago

        I think the general population always knew that there was a transparent substance all around them which had to keep going in and out of their lungs or they would die - the “breath of life” from the Bible. I mean, even an uneducated peasant in ancient times could blow bubbles underwater and see that there was something coming out of his mouth.

    • @Ironfacebuster
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      103 months ago

      I’m not entirely sure if a fish would actually know what water is lmao

      The FOOLS fall for little pieces of plastic with metal in them, so there’s no way they know what water is

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      73 months ago

      Wasn’t Davinci one of the first to think about air that way? Welll, maybe aside from some ancient greek philosophers.