Pescanguids and Humans

The relationship between humans and pescanguids stretches back as far as humans have lived along coasts, rivers, and lakes which makes it one of the oldest sustained relationships between humanity and any non-primate vertebrate group. It's the kind of relationship that's easy to take for granted because it has always been there for us in some form and yet looking at it closely is interesting because it has shaped both sides in real ways. Humans have built fishing economies, folkloric traditions, ritual practices, and entire scientific fields around the pescanguids we've shared waters with for tens of thousands of years. The pescanguids in turn have had their populations shaped by our hunting pressure, their habitats shifted by our coastal development, and in some cases their behaviour adjusted in real time to our continuing presence. There is something special about pescanguids that have captured human imaination and fascination for the longest time. And while this is not defending the actions of historical incidents that will be covered on this page, it's worth stating so we can fully understand the situation where these pescanguids had been kept, how they had been kept, and what was the purpose of that keeping. Institutions like the Pescanguid Research Initiative or the painful legacy of the SplashWorld captivity practices that later collapsed after the fallout of the 2014 Serpents documentary is one of the more well known events of people speaking out actually working. This page will explore instances and figures involving pescanguids and humans interacting.

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