Re: NANFA-- Natives should get TV exposure
Robert Carillio (darterman_at_hotmail.com)
Sun, 17 Sep 2000 16:25:47 EDT
I agree completely with that, and I also will add to it and say, that many
people don't realize that the fish they get in a pet store are "native" to
some part of the world, and to the locals there, could be percieved in much
the same fashion that our local people percieve our local fish. Also, I want
to add, and say that often the tropical aquarium is a "mish mosh" of fishes
that don't even live together in the wild. Many are also "man made" fish
produced through different breeding methods. I will bet that if many of the
tropical fish enthusiasts saw many of their beloved fish as they are "in the
raw", "un-plugged" in their native environment, and if they knew where they
came from, that they probably would not have the same appeal as they do when
presented in the store. This is where I believe native fish enthusiasts have
a much deeper thought perception, and have "graduated" beyond the realm of
mainstream thinking!!!!.... HA!
>From: DasArm_at_aol.com
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Natives should get TV exposure
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 23:59:01 EDT
>
>In a message dated 9/14/00 11:34:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>darterman_at_hotmail.com writes:
>
><< a dandelion in the yard, to many, is an "undesirable" plant... however,
>I'll
> bet that if mass marketing and media decided to promote this benign plant
>as
> something we should have, it would sell. Add to this, how the plant is
> presented: As long as it were placed in a fancy pot, and placed on a
>shelf
> in a lawn and garden store,and nicely tagged, it would most likely sell.
> >>
>
>Yeah; I think that's part of the reason that some people think that natives
>aren't a valid aquarium fish to keep. The terms I hear used from a few
>(ignorant) people like "ditch" or "creek" fish" to describe natives I think
>speak volumes as to why they hold them in less regard than tropicals;
>because
>they're obtained from these places and not from a pet store where you're
>"supposed" to get fish; they're not valid because they weren't purchased,
>rather they were caught. The ironic thing is that I have had these people
>turn around and admire a juvenile pike I had caught out of a ditch. I think
>part of the disdain too is that people don't realize that North American
>fishes can be pretty or have an unusual appearance just like many
>tropicals.
>That and the fact that they were gotten for free in the wild; instead of
>bought in a store.
>
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