• Question: can fsh drown in warter

    Asked by robbie09 to Ailsa, Evan, James, Kath, Ryan on 17 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Ryan Ladd

      Ryan Ladd answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      It depends on what you mean by drowning. Air breathing animals can drown because their lungs can’t get the oxygen from water, fish can normally get all the oxygen they need from water so can’t drown in the normal sense. However, if there’s not enough oxygen in the water for some reason, they can suffocate. This is why fish tanks and aquariums often have pumps to bubble air through the water.

    • Photo: Ailsa Powell

      Ailsa Powell answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      I would say due to the watery nature of this question Ryan would be your scientist for this one – and he’s already answered 🙂

    • Photo: Evan Keane

      Evan Keane answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Good question! And I have learnt something from this too. 🙂

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