That scene in Finding Nemo with the fishing net still messes with me

Watched it with my nephew last week. He laughed during the whole net escape part. But I just sat there frozen. Realized later those fish weren't just scared. They were suffocating to death. The way they flopped around and their eyes bulged. I worked at a seafood market in San Diego for two summers. Saw that exact look on tuna. Total nightmare fuel now. How do kids just brush past that stuff?

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garcia.quinn10d ago

The first time I saw that scene as a kid I asked my mom why the fish were crying. She said they weren't crying that was just water. Took me years to realize she was wrong and those were actual tears from stress. Now I can't unsee it either. What helped me was telling myself those fish made it out in the movie even if real ones dont.

robert_craig10d ago

Your mom was right. Fish don't have tear ducts. They don't cry. That's just water splashing around the tank. The fish were stressed yeah but not crying like people do. Projecting human emotions onto animals makes everything worse. It's not helping the fish to pretend they're little people in water.