Shooting fish would bring an M rating [weirdness]

After reading this article, the above picture may just be the most violent game you could possibly play...read with caution.

I know this is cliche, but here is something you do not hear about everyday; Naughty Dog had to remove animations of being able to shoot animals in Uncharted: Drakes Fortune because if they would have left it in the game could have received an M rating.

Wait..what? Yeah, apparently killing animals and watching animals die is worse than pumping the locals on the island with shotguns. Even [Wells, of Naughty Dog] please explain:

We had hit reactions and even some death animations for the wildlife in the game but we chose to remove it. It was flagged as a potential issue by the ESRB and it seemed like a small concession to make in order to maintain our “Teen” rating. It may have also affected the rating in Europe.

Amazing. Simply amazing. So why is it that GTA IV has an M rating? There isn't ONE animal in the streets of Liberty City...oh wait...it all makes sense now; there are animals in Liberty City, the pigeons. If you've played GTA IV you may have come across a pigeon that you can kill, and their are 200 of them in the city. See, that explains EVERYTHING. The M rating is really their because you can shoot poor innocent flying rats. Interesting. (The whole paragraph is sarcastic for those of you who really think that I think the game is rated M because you can shoot a pigeon).

Let me know what you all think. Do you think it's crazy that a game which involves shooting human after human cannot keep a "Teen" rating if you can shoot animals?

-Jeremy aka Adridius