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A Japanese Skating Rink Froze 5,000 Dead Fish in the Ice. People Were Not Happy
TIME ^ | Nov 28, 2016 | Tara John

Posted on 11/28/2016 7:59:28 AM PST by dayglored

A Japanese amusement park faced a deluge of criticism after opening an ice skating rink featuring thousands of dead fish suspended in ice.

Space World, in the southwestern city of Kitakyushu, closed the aquarium-themed skating rink on Nov. 17 after an online campaign called the attraction, “immoral,” “cruel” and “disrespectful of life,” reports the Guardian.

The outcry began after a local TV report on the rink, which featured about 5,000 dead mackerel and other fish embedded in ice. Some of the frozen fish were positioned to spell out “hello,” while others formed arrows to guide skaters in the correct direction around the rink.

According to the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Space World wanted visitors to “have a sense of sliding on the sea.” The amusement park’s website touted the rink as the first attraction of its kind in the world.

In the face of mounting criticism, officials told Asahi Shimbun that the fish were already dead before they embedded them into the ice. “Misunderstanding spread on the Internet that the fish were frozen alive, but that was not the case. We should have explained more.”

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bellcurve; frozenfish; japan; skatingrink
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To: Ciaphas Cain

41 posted on 11/28/2016 8:37:59 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Ken H

What you did there, I saw that................


42 posted on 11/28/2016 8:39:01 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: freedumb2003

LOL!...................


43 posted on 11/28/2016 8:39:38 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: dayglored

Would you like your fish baked, broiled, blackened, or Zambonied?


44 posted on 11/28/2016 8:40:11 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
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To: dayglored

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Ignorance!!!!!!

Fish don’t die if you freeze them alive.
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45 posted on 11/28/2016 8:40:21 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Red Badger

“She froze the fish in a large pan of water and placed it in the freezer whole!.................”

Would have been truly weird if she’d filleted it and still had it come back... :)


46 posted on 11/28/2016 8:43:03 AM PST by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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To: dayglored

They’ll probably revive when they thaw, if the rink is melted for some reason, and if no toxic chemicals were added to the water.


47 posted on 11/28/2016 8:43:14 AM PST by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in theolog and politics.)
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To: dayglored
Maybe they got the idea from clear acrylic toilet seats with embedded tropical fish.


48 posted on 11/28/2016 8:44:14 AM PST by xp38
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To: dayglored

LOL, they were probably not happy they couldn’t easily get to the fish!

I remember thinking to myself as a kid, walking through the areas they were selling fish “Wow...if it comes out of the ocean, no matter what it is, these folks will chow it down!”


49 posted on 11/28/2016 8:46:22 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Daniel Ramsey

I do think it’s pretty tacky. I dont want to skate on dead fish lol.

Maybe it’s a cultural thing. Wouldn’t go over too well in the US :)


50 posted on 11/28/2016 8:49:07 AM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Daveinyork

“Want fries with that?”


51 posted on 11/28/2016 8:51:29 AM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: oblomov

“Depending on the fish, they may survive being frozen, and revive upon thawing.”

I doubt it. The title of the thread reads they froze dead fish, which suggests they got the fish probably from a fish market where they could have been dead for days. I don’t think they can be revived.


52 posted on 11/28/2016 8:51:51 AM PST by redfreedom (The nation has been saved. Thank you Dear Lord. Long live President Trump!)
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To: oblomov

They were dead before being frozen into the ice, so no that will not happen.


53 posted on 11/28/2016 8:52:20 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: fwdude

“Okay, this is just funny.”
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Gotta love the absurdity. The memorial part makes it even funnier.


54 posted on 11/28/2016 8:58:48 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: dayglored

Back in the day there was a disco bar in Atanta called the “limelight” that had live gold fish fish swimming in the dance floor.


55 posted on 11/28/2016 9:02:35 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: dayglored

56 posted on 11/28/2016 9:04:00 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: PLMerite

Bad sushi WILL come back to haunt you!..................


57 posted on 11/28/2016 9:08:19 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: dayglored

Just say “Oh, they’re plastic fish models”, and be done with it.


58 posted on 11/28/2016 9:25:36 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: dayglored

What’s Japanese for “Please do not hack into the ice for lunch. Concession stands are to the left.”?


59 posted on 11/28/2016 9:27:58 AM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Red Badger
She froze the fish in a large pan of water and placed it in the freezer whole!.................

Keeps air away from the fish and prevents dehydration, freezer burn.

60 posted on 11/28/2016 9:28:39 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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