For a big fish, it’s how many parasite they have not if there’s one or not. When you’re a giant fish the number matters.
Scientists Find Parasites in Almost Every Fish From a Recent Tuna Haul – 96% Wer
Submitted 2 months ago by 
alapakala@quokk.au to science@mander.xyz
https://doi.org/10.1590/2675-2824074.25039
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Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 2 months ago See, the parasite is killed by freezing, but you’re still eating dead parasite bodies. That’s what really gives fish it’s flavour. Fish is uniformly tasteless, but … parasites! Sorry, Big Fin, I had to expose the conspiracy.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 months ago When they farm fish, the purposefully infect the fish with parasites to give them a better flavor. /s
Valsa@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Is that remarkable? The authors make the prevalence of parasites as the big takeaway from their study, but bizarrely they don’t cite any other papers of typical parasite load in this fish species or others. I need a frame of reference.
frongt@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
No. This is just research to get data. They’re not trying to present any conclusions.
deft@lemmy.wtf 2 months ago
I think most fish have parasites???
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 months ago
You don’t know what you think?
deft@lemmy.wtf 2 months ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_mark
How does a question mark indicate not knowing something???
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If I liked seafood, I’d be making excuses for why it’s okay for me to eat seafood.
Glad I don’t like seafood.
Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 2 months ago How long have they been looking?
Drusas@fedia.io 2 months ago
Article fails to mention that these fish are typically deep frozen, which kills the parasites.
frongt@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Yup, they’re flash frozen pretty soon after catch. Anything lingering will be killed by cooking.
Wild animals carry disease. Who knew!
Why I tagged as
#epidemic😁acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Tagged?