This action is specifically allowed under the Sustenance and Home Act of Reclamation and Keystone Species (SHARKS) of 1818 as proposed by Shark Whalington and ratified by the first North Atlantic Regional Wet and Humid Alliance Legislature (NARWHAL).
JELLYFISH (Joint Eurasian League Lesser Yahoo's Front Ichtyological Society and Hagioscopists) doesn't see that reading in the law and won't stand for it
Aren’t legal constructs are a subset of social constructs though? Also, I feel like the concept of stealing may predate laws though I have no evidence for this.
so we were eating chicken something. probably fajitas idk this was a while ago. my first soulcat was keeping my older brother's chair warm while he was in the bathroom, just sitting there like they were part of the conversation. suddenly out of the corner of my eye i see this, but with a strip of chicken:
That's not theft. We only see it as theft because the cat does it sneakily, but it only sneaks because if it didn't the fajita might have escaped, as cats assume all food other than wet food and kibble is like mice
Whale sharks are primarily filter feeders, so if anything, he's just slurping a layer of nutritious plankton off of the net that has negative value to the human fishers anyway.
32 Comments
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 128 pts · 301d
Stealing is a social construct. As solitary animals, whale sharks cannot engage in stealing.
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 301d
This was written by the whale shark legal team.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 301d
excuse me do you practice whale shark law?
ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 301d
This action is specifically allowed under the Sustenance and Home Act of Reclamation and Keystone Species (SHARKS) of 1818 as proposed by Shark Whalington and ratified by the first North Atlantic Regional Wet and Humid Alliance Legislature (NARWHAL).
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 301d
JELLYFISH (Joint Eurasian League Lesser Yahoo's Front Ichtyological Society and Hagioscopists) doesn't see that reading in the law and won't stand for it
white_nrdy@programming.dev · 4 pts · 301d
If they do, I wonder if they know any bird lawyers. I imagine the animal law field is a pretty small community
human@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 300d
I knew one guy, but he lost most of his clients after marketing a drink with raw crow eggs as the main ingredient.
TheLazyNerd@europe.pub · 25 pts · 301d
ACKTCHU-ALLEE, stealing is a legal construct. Laws only apply to humans, so whale sharks cannot engage in stealing.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 301d
Aren’t legal constructs are a subset of social constructs though? Also, I feel like the concept of stealing may predate laws though I have no evidence for this.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 301d
It’s got to have, right? My cat understands stealing
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 301d
so we were eating chicken something. probably fajitas idk this was a while ago. my first soulcat was keeping my older brother's chair warm while he was in the bathroom, just sitting there like they were part of the conversation. suddenly out of the corner of my eye i see this, but with a strip of chicken:
psud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 297d
That's not theft. We only see it as theft because the cat does it sneakily, but it only sneaks because if it didn't the fajita might have escaped, as cats assume all food other than wet food and kibble is like mice
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 297d
kill stealing is still stealling
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 301d
This sounds like something a whale would say
kubica@fedia.io · 43 pts · 301d
Believe it or not, jail.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 301d
Overnet undernet
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 41 pts · 301d
Fish in the net, 30 seconds ago: well, at least this situation can’t get ANY worse
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 39 pts · 301d
If fishing isn't owning, eating isn't stealing.
Mist101@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 301d
You wouldn't download a fish.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 301d
The whale shark: "The fuck I wouldn't!"
human@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 300d
He spent hours 3D printing some and they just tasted like plastic.
veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 301d
Why wouldn't you? The internet cables are right there. Zero latency.
Bring_Back_Buggy_Whips@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 301d
It's infringement.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 301d
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 301d
It is the coolest crime after all
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 301d
Is there supposed to be a net in that photo? I see a black trash bag.
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 301d
I think it might be a very fine net
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 301d
If the holes in the net are so tiny, is that big fish just sucking fish juice and goo? He couldn't get a whole fish out of there.
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 300d
Maybe it bites it open? I dunno hey
Damage@feddit.it · 5 pts · 301d
Does the shark have a fishing permit?
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 299d
Whale sharks are primarily filter feeders, so if anything, he's just slurping a layer of nutritious plankton off of the net that has negative value to the human fishers anyway.
They're actually kinda helping each other out.
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 301d
More like a Swoop