Siamese Fighting Fish

Species

Macken Murphy

Anthropology, Social Sciences, Species, Science, Animals, Nature

4.8 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

How do you breed betta fish in a US prison? How come betta bubbles don't pop? Why do betta fish gulp air? And what does this have to do with self-defense law? Come get your answers to these questions, and learn a bit about violence, on this episode of Species.

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0:00.0	I understand the appeal of animal fighting.
0:04.3	And I'm being very precise with my words here.
0:06.6	I'm not saying it appeals to me.
0:08.5	I abhor it.
0:09.3	It's morally reprehensible.
0:10.9	But I understand the appeal.
0:15.1	And I think you do too.
0:17.1	And you just don't want to admit it.
0:19.9	Most people, probably you, are entertained by violence in some form or another.
0:26.5	I just checked, and seven out of the ten highest-grossing films worldwide last year
0:32.1	were explicitly violent films.
0:36.6	Fighting sports are watched all over the globe,
0:39.5	and the most popular sport in America, football,
0:42.9	is largely popular because it is violent.
0:47.1	I mean, how many people would keep watching the NFL
0:50.2	if it moved to two-hand touch?
0:54.0	Among podcasters, it's a bit of a meme that if you really want a big audience, you have to talk
0:59.1	about true crime.
1:00.7	Now, this isn't true, but it wouldn't be funny if there weren't any truth to it.
1:07.3	True crime podcasts are very popular.
1:10.5	Violence is a spectacle we humans are drawn to.
1:14.7	Whether or not it's in fiction, whether or not it's in sport, whether you like it or not.
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