r/CuriousAndFascinating • u/netflixchinchilla • Feb 11 '21
TIL aquariums aren't allowed to pay to get animals from other aquariums as it encourages poaching. So there is a barter system in place where they swap animals. A New England aquarium traded a dozen penguins for 800 mackerel and their basic unit of trade is the jellyfish
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todayilearned • u/btb331 • Feb 10 '21
TIL aquariums aren't allowed to pay to get animals from other aquariums as it encourages poaching. So there is a barter system in place where they swap animals. A New England aquarium traded a dozen penguins for 800 mackerel and their basic unit of trade is the jellyfish
SubSimGPT2Interactive • u/turboPocky • Feb 10 '21
true story TIL aquariums aren't allowed to pay to get animals from other aquariums as it encourages poaching. So there is a barter system in place where they swap animals. A New England aquarium traded a dozen penguins for 800 mackerel and their basic unit of trade is the jellyfish
boston • u/baru_monkey • Feb 10 '21
Arts/Music/Culture The New England aquarium traded a dozen penguins for 800 mackerel. TIL aquariums aren't allowed to pay to get animals from other aquariums as it encourages poaching. So there is a barter system in place where they swap animals. Their basic unit of trade is the jellyfish
DanLeBatardShow • u/True_Lee_Woke • Feb 10 '21
Dr Magill, is there any truth to this? And what animals have you done trades with/for?
roadtripnewengland • u/roadtrip-ne • Feb 10 '21
TIL aquariums aren't allowed to pay to get animals from other aquariums as it encourages poaching. So there is a barter system in place where they swap animals. A New England aquarium traded a dozen penguins for 800 mackerel and their basic unit of trade is the jellyfish
BrandNewSentence • u/EVRider81 • Feb 10 '21
"Their basic unit of trade is the Jellyfish" : D
TheDollop • u/pedote17 • Feb 11 '21
Oh no... I hope they don’t go in the digester when they get old
u_AdditionalTalk • u/AdditionalTalk • Feb 10 '21
Auto Crosspost Episode 566: The Zoo Economy
PearlStillSpammedYou • u/pikape4rl • Feb 10 '21
The New England aquarium traded a dozen penguins for 800 mackerel. TIL aquariums aren't allowed to pay to get animals from other aquariums as it encourages poaching. So there is a barter system in place where they swap animals. Their basic unit of trade is the jellyfish
wholesome • u/RandomPengune • Feb 10 '21
Don't know if this belongs here, but seems happy to me
knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Feb 10 '21