Do Fish Feel Pain?

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In habitat loss caused by just human development in building ye whenever we're damming rivers, or cutting off flood plains from ther uknow river systems. And that can be exasperated by invades the species, by climate change. You know, again, li, you mentiond anthipogenic and puttoi hannavon wants to know what's with the gar with the sharp teeth. My friend from alabama is always king about trying not to get bit while swimming. Does that happen? Will they bite you? No, they're not going to bite you. An atet o, if you're swimming in al Alabama, will fish by you. I can't speak for

A long snout. Hundreds of teeth. Scales that could slice you. What is a gar and should we fear it? Should we hug it? One of the world’s most passionate and knowledgeable experts on this ancient, mysterious fish joins to make you fall in love with these slimy longbois. Dr. Solomon David is affable, charming, enthusiastic and absolutely shameless when it comes to fish puns. Slip into some hip waders and jump in the muck to learn all about a creature that -- despite decades of mudslinging -- is not a gar-bage fish. Also: why gar caviar is a hella bad idea.

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