webfact Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Bid to declare Siamese fighting fish ‘national fish’ By The Nation FILE photo The Fishery Department has proposed that Siamese fighting fish be declared the national fish, Agriculture Minister Krissada Boonraj said on Tuesday. The department reasoned that Siamese fighting fish originated in Thailand, has a unique identity and Thais are very attached to it, raising the species for sport and for recreation. Krissada said the National Identity Office would gather opinions from all sides before sending the proposal to the Cabinet Secretariat for consideration of the Cabinet. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30357975 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-11-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darcula Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, webfact said: Thais are very attached to it.... On that basis alone, I'd nominate a plastic bottle, a polybag, or a piece of styrofoam. 5 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BigBadGeordie Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 Would have thought this was a better option. Pla Tuu. Yes I know there are 3 of them 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geovalin Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 One year ago : 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Well that one's certainly sporting the national colours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wgdanson Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, webfact said: raising the species for sport and for recreation. A bit like all the Thai boys round here who breed cocks (chickens not penisies) to fight. And yet they will not kill a feral dog. T I T. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, wgdanson said: A bit like all the Thai boys round here who breed cocks (chickens not penisies) to fight. And yet they will not kill a feral dog. T I T. Or that Thaiboxing is the national sport (for a budhist country). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stanleycoin Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 i nominate the Flip Flop fish, found on most beaches in Thailand.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, webfact said: The Fishery Department has proposed that Siamese fighting fish be declared the national fish, Agriculture Minister Krissada Boonraj said on Tuesday. Hahahaha .. Who need's a Lion or an Eagle when you can have a stroppy pugilistic fish .. Still in keeping with part of the Nat' identity no .? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 4 hours ago, webfact said: Bid to declare Siamese fighting fish ‘national fish’ Males trying to kill each other to have sex with a female seems pretty apt fish to me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oziex1 Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 This is clearly an issue that needs to be handled by none other than the PM himself. He has a proven track record of taking on the big issues, his success is another story though. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 4 hours ago, Bluespunk said: Well that one's certainly sporting the national colours. Wait until French and Dutch netizens outrage and go berserk over the claim of theirs... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 5 hours ago, Darcula said: On that basis alone, I'd nominate a plastic bottle, a polybag, or a piece of styrofoam. I know what you have in mind. Try our new National Icon Package 2 in 1 Pla ra & Plastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 What about a Clown fish, the government can adopt that one.Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CALSinCM Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 Given the temperament of Thais to go from peaceful to homicidal in less than a heartbeat, the fish is probably a good fit with the national image. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CALSinCM Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 7 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said: Would have thought this was a better option. Pla Tuu. Yes I know there are 3 of them Larry, Mo, and Curly? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 7 hours ago, webfact said: Thais are very attached to it, raising the species for sport and for recreation. Sport and recreation, namely gambling. Let's make it the national fish whilst we fine those we catch gambling on which fish kills the other. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave67 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I would be interested to know if any TV posters have a "National fish" in the countries they come from ? .Unfortunately we don't have one in the UK ,although I may nominate a Sea Bass as our National fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangrak Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Dave67 said: I would be interested to know if any TV posters have a "National fish" in the countries they come from ? .Unfortunately we don't have one in the UK ,although I may nominate a Sea Bass as our National fish I guess a 'plaice' will be the best you'll be able to afford after 'brexit'... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangrak Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 '...Thai...national...', '...national...Thai...', ... has the fascist dictator Songhkram come back from the dead or what? He invented that 'Thai' stuff in the 1930s for all the wrong reasons: to strenghten his grip over Siam, he needed to unite the (dispersed) Siamese masses around a new, strongly nationalistic, though totally fake, concept: Thai/Thailand/Thainess. ...A same kind of stuff as what his idols Adolf and Benito created in Europe, with the well known consequences (not speaking here about what he did with/for the Japanese...). In the other paper today it's the Min. of Culture about 'authentic'(LOL) 'Thai' cuisine... Even without Phibun, military dictatorship seems to have no shame to show its ugly face openly. What has happened to 'the free' in this 'land' of theirs, when there were any? Hmm ...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Dave67 said: I would be interested to know if any TV posters have a "National fish" in the countries they come from ? .Unfortunately we don't have one in the UK ,although I may nominate a Sea Bass as our National fish UK national fish is a cod in batter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darcula Posted November 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2018 How about a national fish tank? Which one on Ratchadapisek Road should be nominated? Answers on the back of a brown envelope, please. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyen Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 And Thai people will rush out to buy them as pets and when they start killing each other they will dump them in the nearest klong or river and then they will kill all the resident fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nahkit Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 5 hours ago, jaiyen said: And Thai people will rush out to buy them as pets and when they start killing each other they will dump them in the nearest klong or river and then they will kill all the resident fish. This species is native to the Mekong basin of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and mostly found at Chao Phraya river in Thailand. The fish can be found in standing waters of canals, rice paddies and floodplains.[2] It is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 I think they need to test it first. Put it together in a jar with a Chinese fish and if it start kowtowing it's a fitting national symbol. Maybe one of these: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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