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Can fish drown?

Is too much air for fish like too much water to us?

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Re: Can fish drown?

Post Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:00 pm by JackRabbit

Do you think that happens ...
about as often as birds get air-sick?
dancing bunny

Re: Can fish drown?

Post Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:51 pm by Breezey Breezey

I never thought about birds getting airsick. Rolling Eyes

Now... can fish drown? lol

Re: Can fish drown?

Post Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:03 pm by Tater Salad

Yes, fish can "drown", and that's basically what happens when they are out of the water! I don't quite understand it, but they are equipped to get their oxygen from water, and I believe they aren't capable of separating oxygen from the other components of our atmosphere, like nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

As far as birds getting airsick, I would think that could happen if they fly coach!

Re: Can fish drown?

Post Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:19 am by Tater Salad

Okay, I did a little research, and apparently the problem with fish out of water is that their gills need the buoyancy of water in order to function, and without that buoyancy, the gills collapse, so they cannot obtain oxygen, and they basically suffocate.

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Re: Can fish drown?

Post Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:17 pm by hoaloha

When a fish is out of water for a short time, you have to put him back in but move the fish with your hands until his gills start working again. Poor fish.

Re: Can fish drown?

Post Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:27 am by roxanna

hoaloha wrote:When a fish is out of water for a short time, you have to put him back in but move the fish with your hands until his gills start working again. Poor fish.

i have on more than one occasion picked up a fish off the floor , they used to jump out of the tank till we covered it. they must be more hardy than they look, as long as they still moved, they survived.

Re: Can fish drown?

Post Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:01 pm by hoaloha

They are jumping out because they don't want to be in jail,lol, or there is not enough plant life in the aquarium to give them enough to breath properly. I never heard of that before.

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