Three day old fish

Why does seafood go bad so much faster than beef or poultry?

WAGs:[list=1][li]Fish are less evolved. :)[/li][li]Beef & chicken eat antibiotic-laden food. The antibiotics keep working after the animal has died.[/li][li]When fish are harvested, they’re all dumped in a big holding bin, then taken to port for processing. There’s thousands of dead fishies mingling for quite a while, whereas beef carcasses are hung up individually after slaughter.[/li][li]Latent bacteria living in the sea (and also in fish) are faster-acting than their dry-land counterparts.[/list=1][/li]

I looked in the mirror today/My eyes just didn’t seem so bright
I’ve lost a few more hairs/I think I’m going bald - Rush

Because seafood is pretty bad to begin with, IMHO.

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