did you know there is only one fish you
will not find in any aquarium in the
world you can find clown fishes
starfishes octopuses but you will never
find white sharks why
you can recognize great white sharks by
their white bellies and their blue black
or brown back
they're some of the most powerful fishes
in the sea but they almost never kill
humans only 10 attacks happen every year
and it's mostly because the shark just
wanted to sniff you and see if you were
a fish it likes the reason why sharks
don't do well in aquariums is because
they get depressed
that's right behind those huge scary
teeth lies a big heart looking for
freedom some scientists say that
whenever white sharks stay in a close
space for too long they lose their
appetite and die from 16 days to 6
months after joining the aquarium
they like to hunt for themselves and
will refuse the food humans give them
until they start starving white sharks
love swimming for miles and miles when
they don't they literally can't breathe
you see white sharks breathe through
their mouths they have to keep moving
for the air and the oxygen to get in
their body that's why just catching them
with nets is enough to smother them and
why once they're put in an aquarium they
bang their heads on the walls all the
time and get lots of bruises but that's
not all great white sharks love the
ocean so much they can tilt aquarium
water doesn't have the same song you can
put in as much of it as you want you
will always be able to tell something is
off
the crazy thing is sharks aren't the
only fishes that get depressed actually
most fishes do their little brains work
the same way human brains do zebrafish
for example are famous for being super
anxious when they move houses when you
change their tanks they stay close to
the walls for weeks until they feel
confident enough to swim around the
neighborhood even your goldfish in its
little bowl will feel blue if it doesn't
have a few plants to play with and a
little home to go in and out of
researchers are working to test new
depression treatments on tiny
fish hoping to gain new treatment for
humans they say you can determine how
depressed a fish is by how much time it
is spending near the bottom of their
tank just like people with depression
withdrawing from others fish depression
is sparked by a lack of stimulation
meaning naturally curious fish become
bored in barren environments
in the end great white sharks are a lot
like us they have feelings they're
curious about everything they like to
play they even love traveling the world
but most of all great white sharks like
to be free and that's a good enough
reason to let them live the good life
all by themselves out there
in the ocean
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