Fish Are Such Shallow Creatures, Ay!

[not.a.sock.puppet]

Vancouver Aquarium head veterinarian Dr. Martin Haulena, with help from Dr. Lesanna Lahner of Seattle Aquarium, affixes a prosthetic eye on a yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) that had its eye removed due to cataracts. They performed the same surgery on a second rockfish, a copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus), seen at the end of this video. The purpose of this procedure is partly cosmetic and partly for the fish’s welfare. Without an eye, the other fishes would act aggressively towards it for seeming sick and weak.

The sockeye salmons be next, ay!

[ashjoma]

Would it have been cheaper to move the fish to another tank ?

[channys_mum]

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@ashjoma wrote:
Would it have been cheaper to move the fish to another tank ?

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Yep, but then they would have to pass up the opportunity of a feel good save the fishy doco 

[tasfleur]

[not.a.sock.puppet]

Dunno why they coulden just cook the bloody thing up fer Fridy night's dinner, love, ay!

[not.a.sock.puppet]

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@tasfleur wrote:

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G'day love 🙂

[tasfleur]

G'day Sock, good to see you again ..