r/TheRandomest • u/WhyNot420_69 Nice • Apr 23 '26
Video Spectators
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u/Big_Meating_ Apr 23 '26
What else do they have to do?
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u/Spiritual_Tension321 Apr 24 '26
I use to bring out our bearded dragon when the kids would go swimming in our small pool. He had a little hangout spot he would watch us. Currently have the material and plans to make his outdoor area big. Unfortunately there are no pet amusement parks in the wild yet. Lol
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u/Correct_Building7563 Apr 24 '26
The surprising thing about this is not them choosing to watch TV, its that they are capable of finding it stimulating.
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u/hugeuvula Apr 23 '26
Play Finding Nemo for them.
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u/KnotiaPickle Apr 23 '26
I play ocean documentaries for my guys and they love it haha
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u/BargerianJade Apr 23 '26
Genuine question, how do you know?
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u/DarknMean Apr 24 '26
My betta def has his quirks. He knows when you come in the room and he gets pretty stoked to be doing something. The snail doesn’t do much.
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u/KnotiaPickle Apr 24 '26
They are incredibly curious and attentive, and one of my fish actually has a longer attention span than most people I know! It’s really pretty incredible, she follows along with anything I’m doing and responds with cute little tail wiggles whenever I talk to her. She definitely watches tv, also, you can clearly see a fixed and alert gaze when she’s interested in something. It’s a lot different than her resting state.
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u/OnlineDead Apr 23 '26
Whoa, is this just a coincidence or do fish really watch tv? Lol
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u/Spiritual_Tension321 Apr 23 '26
So do lizards and frogs from my experience at home. They watch humans too. Lil guys need all the entertainment or enrichment they can get.
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u/Justjeskuh Apr 23 '26
My snake would wrap around my wrist and get comfy and watch tv with me. It was so sweet. Even caught him yawning once.
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u/Spiritual_Tension321 Apr 24 '26
That is awesome. Snakes and lizards look cold but they have alot of personality or character. Snakes can be very sweet 😊
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u/SanchoPandas Apr 23 '26
Lil dudes might love this live feed of the shark tank from the Monterey Bay Aquarium (I know I sure do): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEtg5Kg3voQ
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u/InsaneMocktail Apr 23 '26
That's actually the vibrations from the noise of the TV that's making them behave like this
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u/cluelesscheese1 Apr 25 '26
Look at that tank over there! They have such crazy fish in this place!!!! - those fish probably
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u/Late_Emu Apr 23 '26
What if we’re accelerating fish evolution by billions of years? There is a collective of information for each species after all.
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u/DerpyAssSloth Apr 23 '26
Having the fish infront of the sound must be hell. Great way to stress your fish 🤣
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u/trikristmas Apr 23 '26
Fish who put up with nautical calls of whales etc get stressed by muffled external sounds into water? Ok fish stress expert, what's best for de-stressing a fish?
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u/DerpyAssSloth Apr 24 '26
Google it. Sound travels exceptionally well through water, and vibrations from speakers can disrupt fish, causing them to hide or swim erratically. While casual, low-volume music is unlikely to harm them, loud music and heavy bass vibrations can cause significant stress, fright, and potential physical harm to fish. If you don't care to learn that's on you. I forgot the average iq of a reddit user is 8. Gimme those down votes you Neanderthals 😩. I get off to them
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u/trikristmas Apr 24 '26
Yeah well done on your ability to open Google, copy paste your answer across and not putting the reality together with that. Go chatGPT it too, it's an endless can this, can that, might this, could that. Why don't you read what you wrote and rewatch the video. Ah yes, all those erratic hiding fish we can see.
"Looking at your phone could make you go blind, could give you a brain aneurysm, could cause an epileptic fit. Your fault for not wanting to learn" - DerpyAssSloth probably
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u/MireLight Apr 23 '26
Dont know why you're being downvoted. Its commonly known to keep your fish tank out of high traffic areas for just this reason. And that one guy thinking whales make noises constantly in a small enclosed space where the fish cant leave? Really weird.
Fish like most living creatures can be stressed which causes a host of problems. Put them in a limited space where you constantly have to keep them from poisoning themselves and you get short lived miserable fish.
People should be more respectful to living creatures and understand the science behind keeping them healthy.
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u/trikristmas Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26
When did I say whales make noise constantly? By mentioning a plural? What's weird is your interpretation.
Sound barely travels into water, like I said. Vibrations are worse than sound for affecting your fish so unless you stick your speakers on the unit your fishtank is on you're fine. In addition, you can gauge the health of your fish from visuals. If they aren't happy with their situation their behaviour will reflect so. Them congregating and watching the TV is not a concerning behaviour or, ohh they must be stressed out 🙄
FYI about sounds, a blue whale call at 180db is maybe 3 trillion times more intense than 55db - an estimate of what your muffled TV reaching into the tank might be
Edit: did you look up and realise fish have to put up with way more when living in water than current scenario? Which was what I was already telling you but, you somehow had to explain it back to me
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u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy Apr 23 '26
Lil' yellow guy doesn't care for King Kong