Letter to the Editor In Hooked on a Myth, Victoria Braithwaite states that “fish suffer.” I have a pet fish of my own who swims contently in its own little bowl. I never harmed the little fish because I believe that all living organisms feel pain. It is true that fish do not holler out when pricked like dogs and cats; however, they do make an attempt to avoid danger by escaping it. When a boy runs through a pond, the fish in that pond bolt away from that boy to avoid danger. Therefore, it is evidential that fish do have a sense of need to escape; much like humans do. Braithwaite and her colleagues discovered that fish have the same nociceptors as us humans. When a human drinks hot water, it burns its tongue. When a fish gets hooked, it howls
