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I asked 9 different people the same set of questions about whether they thought their pet fish feel love and documented their responses.
“He had no bowl mate but he didn’t seem lonely as we talked to him all the time”
- Yvette aged 47
- Maggie and Dylan aged 7
“I think our fish are friends because sometimes they follow each other and play”
“My fish made the other fish commit suicide on the radiator”
- Heather aged 20
“I think they like to swim together so if that’s friendship then yes”
- Carey aged 57
“The male and female fish mate together, whether that’s the same as human love? who knows?”
- James aged 49
“everytime I put my hand on the surface I get lots of fish kisses, so that must be love”
- Leon aged 21
“When my angel fish had babies all the other fish ate them”
- Nadia aged 20
“when I was a child I used to hug his bowl every night before bed, he would come to the surface to say good night, he didn’t do this for anyone else”
- Maisie aged 20
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