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[-] julianh@lemm.ee 74 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Pixar made finding nemo, not disney. It was released years before the acquisition.

Edit: I'm mostly wrong. Pixar was collaborating with Disney at the time.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 42 points 7 months ago

Pixar made Finding Nemo for Disney during their collaboration period.

[-] julianh@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago

Huh, til. Thanks for the correction.

[-] TotalFat@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

It is not hands that call us, but desire.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Hard upvote for admitting you were wrong. I wish more people were willing to say they'd learned something.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I think you’re mostly right. Disney was riding in Pixar’s wake. Maybe bankrolling their genius.

[-] kwomp2@sh.itjust.works 49 points 7 months ago

Ah yes, disney making things to raise awareness and safe the world

Ah yes, aquarium fishes being captured in the wild

[-] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Seriously.

Nothing is worse than a feral fish.

Those things are so riddled with diseases that you'll be trying to eradicate the bubonic plague in your tank for about five years after the feral fish died. AFTER you empty the tank and hit it with a vinegar scrub and then literally a flame thrower.

The eye worms. THE EYE WORMs 🪱

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

I dare not google... Eye worms???

[-] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

Eye worms.

Worms that eat out the eyes.

[-] jastyty@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago
[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

Among the Hollywood "Law of unintended consequences," the increase in shark hunting because of "Jaws" ranks pretty high.

[-] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Same thing happened with the 101 Dalmatians 20 years ago:

Animal shelters around the country have reported sharp increases in the number of unwanted Dalmatian dogs this year, many of them given to children as gifts last Christmas after the release of Disney's remake of the movie ''101 Dalmatians.'' Although nationwide figures are not available, some shelters say they have seen the number of abandoned dogs more than double and that they fear the problem will only grow worse with the new ''101 Dalmatians'' television program on ABC

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/14/us/after-movies-unwanted-dalmatians.html

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago
[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 8 points 7 months ago

I put up an owl house in my backyard, and those ungrateful bastards let the squirrels have it. They were supposed to get rid of the squirrels not give them a house.

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Why would you want to get rid of squirrels?

[-] Klicnik@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

Thry keep grabbing his nuts.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 3 points 7 months ago

Apples, but yeah

[-] papalonian@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

They were supposed to get rid of the squirrels not give them a house.

It were you that done gave em the house now wunnit?

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

I hate people who get pets just because of popular media without doing proper research and actually understanding the resposibilities.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Actually, so fucking many species of fish are disappearing from nature’s ecosystems, especially rivers and streams because of things like poisonous chemicals/pesticides.

The fish hobby is a way to preserve nature. Take it from Heiko Blehr, a German researcher, author, photographer, and filmmaker. He is best known in the scientific community for his contribution to the exploration of fresh and brackish water habitats worldwide. He literally wrote the textbooks for caring for many of the most famous and sensitive fish like discus and has traveled the world many times over and discovered thousands of new fish species.

Here is a great documentary on him and how he does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3KccNiFIVQ

here is the time code for what I'm referring to: https://youtu.be/S3KccNiFIVQ?t=2554

This is the disaster, even in Costa Rica, I was with my dear friend who lived there all his life as a geologist, we found seven creeks, not one fish. All poisoned. Barbasco is the poison root natives use all over the world to kill all the fish. You have to beat the root in pieces and squeeze it and pour it into the river and the fish die, so they don't have to catch them. The fish float to the top.

I've found this problem all over the world. The native people don't have hooks or nets but they have poison.

and those aquarists who say you shouldn't take the fish out of nature, leave them in nature, they don't know what they're saying. This is really disappointing, because I cannot see one place on this planet so far where really nature is protected.

downvote me all you want, nature is dying and it is up to us to preserve these creatures and protect them from climate and ecosystem disaster. But nooo, leave the fish in nature so it can die to poison or a decaying ecosystem and get completely wiped out. One of the world's leading researches is totally just full of shit tho right?

Being an activist for something you don't understand can easily do more harm than good and spread false information.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 11 points 7 months ago

Axolotls are nearly if not already extinct in the wild. Hobbyists and researchers are the only thing keeping them in existence. Everyone adores seeing my axolotls and get emotionally invested in them almost immediately, which provides a very tangible in person thing for them to think about. It's a good jumping off point for talking about what's happening with lakes and rivers.

There are some things we shouldn't take from the wild. Like I believe sourcing completely natural live rock is unethical as corals have it hard enough and it's super easy to farm our own live rock. Some things it's fine and can even help preserve them or teach people about conservation. I learned so much back when I took care of a marine tank. I have a much stronger understanding of how intricate and fragile our ecosystem can be and people should be allowed to learn and see that for themselves

[-] Slowy@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

But captive axolotls are not really true axolotls, they are different from the near extinct wild ones (they have a bit of tiger salamander mixed in). And this really only holds true if people breed their wild-caught aquatic animals - otherwise you are just grabbing a living being from its home and putting it in a tiny cage. There is a place for wild caught fish, but it doesn’t seem very kind to remove them from their habitat to languish in an aquarium for a fraction of their normal lifespan, which is undoubtedly what happens a lot..

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Leaving them in nature to die and keeping them "safe" by preserving them in captivity is 2 sides of the same coin. Either way their natural lives have been robbed from them.

Not saying we should do nothing but just keep every species alive in special zoos and aquariams sounds dystopian and it feels like a stretch to call keeping animals in captivity "preserving nature".

[-] spicysoup@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

what about the boring fish? the non flashy or special ones who have cartoons made about them or some niche scientist's interest? you'll still eat those right?

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

What does being a hobbyist taking care of an aquarium have to do with eating fish?

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

I do agree with you, but people shouldn't get pets, especially exotic ones, if they don't have the money, skills, and time to ensure the animal's physical and mental wellbeing.

Way too many people believe that you can just get a goldfish, put it in a small bowl and feed it and it'll be fine, when in reality, goldfish need a huge ass aquarium that has to be cleaned regulary and get the water changed, other fish to keep it company, something to do, hiding places etc.

[-] sic_1@feddit.de 6 points 7 months ago

Well technically they did raise awareness.

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I kinda want one after seeing this meme.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 months ago

Good ol' Streisand effect

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