Shrinking Fish

Fishermen know they're supposed to keep the big fish and let the little ones go. But that might not be such a good idea after all. Scientists have shown that leaving only the runts to reproduce makes fish smaller and weaker year after year. http://www.sciencentral.com/video/

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Science & Technology

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• Darwin
• evolution
• fish
• science
• shrinking
• sciencentral

[JustDoIT2009TheCapt]

everything is getting smaller because we dont leave anything alone long enough to evolve like they did 100 yrs ago. We eat too much. Damn Portuguese catchin everythin in the ocean. lol

[Craydon]

It'll also taste funky, take vitamins and leave bobcats alone.

[EPhantom125]

If you raise a cat, and you catch a wild cat, the wild cat will have more muscle mass than the "farmed" cat. And the wild cat will have a better nutritional value in its meat. Also, the cost of farming fish for food is much higher than fishing.

[shadowace421]

then lets get much more small fishes. hey wait, i wonder if this could start making them grow to their original size or bigger than there original size

[daylightsun]

And we can lose weight too!

[xMoreTx]

hah, i dont care, i hate fish xD

[h2psydat]

lol

[Craydon]

My scientific response? Duh. Why not farm all our fish?

[Richardgwm]

Evolution in action.

[insanity54]

So... lets fish small fishies!