The fish would obviously die, and I can't see how you could operate in the water.
2006-09-13 01:35:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
They keep pumping water through its mouth with a small tube
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/04.html
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2006-09-13 03:58:50 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fish will NOT die as long as it is kept wet. Normally the tank temperature is reduced until the fish enters a type of sleep, at the same time a low powered anaesthetic is added to the water.
The fish can then be removed from the tank and placed in a wet tray or on a damp towel to keep the skin moist.
You must remember that a fish breathes by the use of gills to extract oxygen from the water, if it is already in an oxygen rich atmosphere its respiration rate will just reduce.
Contrary to popular belief, you can drown a fish.
2006-09-13 02:27:28 · answer #2 · answered by rookethorne 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw something one time on the discovery channel or the animal planet or something about this.
They did the operation in a holding tank. Don't remember what type of fish, but the tank was not much bigger than the fish and had enough room for the surgeons hands to go into some type of holes on the side to operate. They actually used some type of anesthesia in that tank, because they knew how to dose the fish better.
2006-09-13 01:46:09 · answer #3 · answered by enyates2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The operation is done with the fish out of water. You basically sedate the fish with anesthetic with medication such as oil of cloves in the water. Once the fish is sedated, bring it out and you need to run a pipe into its mouth so that water continously flow through the gills. The water needs to have a low dose of anesthetic to prevent the fish from waking up during surgery. Once surgery is completed, you leave it in a recuperation tank. You can hold the fish by its tail, move it forward and backwards so that water will rush through its gill to aid the fish to regain consciousness. That is basically the gist of it.
2006-09-13 03:40:28 · answer #4 · answered by Elvin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its media spin for "the sprinkler system went off because our janitor filleted and fried a kipper in a store room"...
Media Spin
" A fish has been operated on at the museum of Scotland" - unfortunately Gills as he was commonly know didnt make it due to an emergency fire evacuation..."
2006-09-13 01:43:35 · answer #5 · answered by smythser 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They normally keep the fish in shallow water and take him out as needed. He needs just enough water to get the water over the gills. It would definitely be interesting to watch though!
2006-09-13 01:43:51 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fairly easy.
A supply of oxygenated water is flooded over the gills, the fish can be totally out of water & sedated.
Fish breath by passing water through their gills by forward motion (swimming) or gulping (static), it only requireds water flow - not a physical 'breathing' action.
2006-09-13 01:51:01 · answer #7 · answered by creviazuk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps they flooded the operating theatre, and all the surgeons were wearing scuba gear, and...who gives a cr*p
2006-09-13 01:44:11 · answer #8 · answered by stdaveuk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hold your breath, and have a constant flow of water to wash away blood.
2006-09-13 01:54:36 · answer #9 · answered by bonesetter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they used a hosepipe instead of gas.
2006-09-13 01:43:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋