Why We Never Eat Koi fish ?

Can you eat koi fish? Yes. Koi are carp, one of the most farmed food fish on Earth. So why does eating one feel so wrong? In this animated explainer, we trace koi from snowbound rice farms in Niigata, Japan, to a 1.8 million dollar champion fish, a Christmas carp in a Slovak bathtub, and a virus Australia studied to fight wild carp. The answer isn't taste or price. It's the meat paradox, and it lives inside you. Key people and research: Hikosaburo Hirasawa: sent colored carp to the 1914 Tokyo exhibition Steve Loughnan et al. (2010): named the meat paradox Brock Bastian et al. (2012): denial of mind to food animals Cait Newport, Oxford (2016): archerfish recognize human faces Hal Herzog: Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat Patrick Cooney: tested the bathtub carp method Sources: Koi origins (Japan MLIT): https://www.mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/com... 1914 exhibition: https://thefishsite.com/articles/a-sh... Koikoku (Japan MAFF): https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/mar... S Legend sale: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/... Hanako fact check: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wor... Bathtub carp (NPR): https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/... Bastian 2012: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publ... Archerfish study: https://www.ox.ac.uk/node/509329 Carp control plan: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosec... Disclaimer: This video is for education and entertainment only. It is not dietary, veterinary or medical advice. Never eat pond or aquarium fish, which may carry medicines not approved for food. The Hanako age claim is unverified. #KoiFish #Carp #FoodPsychology #AnimalFacts #Nishikigoi