Fish tube: ‘Cannon’ that fires salmon over dams sends the internet into meltdown | indy100 | indy100

A pressurised tube that launches salmon over a dam is the internet’s latest obsession.

In this year’s dark news cycle, the newest meme to capture social media's imagination is a “cannon” designed to help transport migratory fish between bodies of water.

If you didn’t get a chance to see it over the weekend, you can watch it below:

This system helps native fish pass over dams in seconds rather than day https://t.co/aAmhHArjPg
— Dr. Kash Sirinanda (@Dr. Kash Sirinanda) 1565307596

The cannon, created by the aptly-named Whoossh Innovations, has been in use since 2011 to help salmon who have struggled to get around hydroelectric dams.

Here’s John Oliver talking about it on Last Week Tonight in 2014:

For everyone just discovering the salmon cannon, please enjoy this segment from 2014: https://t.co/SEdMJppFA7
— Last Week Tonight (@Last Week Tonight) 1565527459

But for whatever reason, the salmon cannon feels perfectly suited to the absurd nihilism of 2019 - with many people wondering if life would be better inside the fish tube.

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stick my disgusting body into that fish tube and fire me into the goddamned sun!!! let’s GO
— mattie (@mattie) 1565534597

I am a: ⚪️ male ⚪️ female 🔘 fish Interested in: ⚪️ male ⚪️ female 🔘 being launched through the fish tube
— Roxi Horror 💀🌸 (@Roxi Horror 💀🌸) 1565562203

We are all just helpless fish zooming through this tube called life
— Jules (@Jules) 1565578087

Me explaining the fish tube video to my not on Twitter friends https://t.co/QBq5MiiVWq
— Jake Flores @ GutterNYC 1/18 (@Jake Flores @ GutterNYC 1/18) 1565582693

Some people would even risk their life to realise their dream of soaring through the air in the watery tube.

@SoberedByBricks That's why we want it
— leshiticus (@leshiticus) 1565545170

The fish tube shows what humans can achieve when we put aside our differences and work towards a common good.

if they can build the futurama transport system for fish, they can build it for everyone, just imo https://t.co/7PEZjDmOOD
— Stan Account (@Stan Account) 1565521459

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HT: Twitter Moments

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