December 2, 200916 yr comment_342648 lol im pretty sure its yes to all 3 but not in the same way that we do some one will be able to tell you how just not me Report
December 2, 200916 yr comment_342650 i would think fish would drink water. dont know about farting but i know that you can drown a fish by pulling them backwards Report
December 2, 200916 yr comment_342661 I know fish drink water as the level in my tank gets lower over time..... Report
December 2, 200916 yr comment_342669 & if there is no oxygen in the water they will drown. hmm, fart. wouldn't they have to get air to their stomaches to do that? female fish won't fart ever, they don't keep their mouth shut long enough to build up pressure :lol: Report
December 2, 200916 yr comment_342685 Shows how ignorant you are smidey as the females have a special adaptation that allows them to talk and fart at the same time! :lol: Report
December 3, 200916 yr comment_342700 There are no silly questions, just silly people :lol: :lol: Report
December 3, 200916 yr comment_342705 lol bettas can drown as they breath air from outside the water,if they get stuck under the water they drown lol,im sure there would be more fish like that too. :lol: farting :lol: ........watch one swimming and look for bubbles :lol: Report
December 5, 200916 yr Author comment_342952 lol bettas can drown as they breath air from outside the water,if they get stuck under the water they drown lol,im sure there would be more fish like that too. :lol: farting :lol: ........watch one swimming and look for bubbles :lol: PMSL. Some of the answers here are good. :lol: Report
December 5, 200916 yr comment_342980 I belive if a fish is out of water for a long amount of time out of water then its called drowning correct? Report
December 5, 200916 yr comment_342988 I belive if a fish is out of water for a long amount of time out of water then its called drowning correct? out of water for a long amount or time out of water????? typo lol???? um dno if thats classed as drowning....maybe hyper intoxication of oxygen lol Report
December 5, 200916 yr comment_342992 Shows how ignorant you are smidey as the females have a special adaptation that allows them to talk and fart at the same time! :lol: my partner just said that special adaptation is the fact that we can consume extra air to allow us to talk and fart from the wind whistling through our ears :evil: ............he got a smack :evil: Report
December 6, 200916 yr comment_343010 I belive if a fish is out of water for a long amount of time out of water then its called drowning correct? No. That is just drowning, not suffocation. Drowning is suffocation in a liquid. Report
December 7, 200916 yr comment_343213 Lol, I don't know about the farting but marine fish do drink water! Freshwater fish, as far as I'm aware, do not 'drink' water (or they drink very little) but absorb it passively across the gills/skin. Because water moves down the solute gradient through osmosis, it moves in through the gills (and potentially skin of smaller fish) passively (requiring no active mechanisms) to try and balance the concentration of solutes with the external environment. This causes a build-up of fluid inside fw fish which they need to deal with by constantly releasing a dilute urine. Any ions are actively pumped into the body across the gills as needed. Marine fish, on the other hand, live in a hypertonic environment (more solutes dissolved in seawater then their own fluids) Their water is passively exiting the body and so the fish will actively drink water and then actively pump the ions out across its gills in order to compensate for the dehydration. Also marine fish pee very little and it is very concentrated. There is a good pic to illustrate this here http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/41/6541-004-A9497BC0.gif Report
December 7, 200916 yr comment_343214 Technically the definition of drowning is asphyxiating by getting water in the lungs. Since fish don't have lungs (except lungfish), they cannot 'drown'. But they can definitely suffocate in water either by not being able to reach the surface or not having enough dissolved oxygen in the water. You can argue that Bettas and other 'air breathers' can drown...but they don't have true lungs, only highly vascularized gas bladders called labyrinths. Report
December 7, 200916 yr comment_343217 Technically the definition of drowning is asphyxiating by getting water in the lungs. Since fish don't have lungs (except lungfish), they cannot 'drown'. But they can definitely suffocate in water either by not being able to reach the surface or not having enough dissolved oxygen in the water. You can argue that Bettas and other 'air breathers' can drown...but they don't have true lungs, only highly vascularized gas bladders called labyrinths. im sensing a slight fish addiction there lol :lol: Report
December 7, 200916 yr comment_343227 Hehe Or just 7 years of uni doing a freshwater and marine bio degree and masters...+ lots and lots of money later Report
December 7, 200916 yr comment_343238 Hehe Or just 7 years of uni doing a freshwater and marine bio degree and masters...+ lots and lots of money later Well said. At this point I would hide in case Caryl sees this and requests an article for the AW mag... Report
December 7, 200916 yr comment_343239 Well said. At this point I would hide in case Caryl sees this and requests an article for the AW mag... hahahaha Report
December 8, 200916 yr comment_343275 The fun and excitement of writing an article for the Aquarium World magazine 8) The kudos of seeing your work published And my undying gratitude Report
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