OMGGGG, I just brought fish from the store.?

Question

So the fish were alive before buying them but the fish guy cleaned them for me. I got home and started cutting them in two because they're so big and I SWEAR the tail MOVED!!!!!! I almost had a mini heart attack!!! Why did that happened?

Answer 1

It is just because those fish are so fresh. Some tissues don't die as fast as others and the nerves simply reacted causing movement. Dying is a process, not usually something instantaneous. A "dead" body can sometimes do some surprising things.

I worked many years in a hospital and saw some real, hair raisers. Turning a dead person can sometimes cause a release of air from the lungs that sounds like a sigh, or even a moan. One in a while a body will even sit up. Be glad it was just a little fish floo.

Answer 2

If they were alive recently, it was probably just some residual nerve impulses. Often times, freshly killed animals will move or twitch. They are dead, but the body still reacts to a few leftover electrical impulses. Ever heard the expression "Running around like a chicken with its head cut off"? This is real. Sometimes, a chicken that has been beheaded will still have enough impulses in its body to literally run or flutter about right after being killed, albeit for a short time. Snakes do this as well. Don't be alarmed.

Answer 3

Quick! Find a fish tank or tupper ware and throw it in with some water!!!
Seriously, though, I hope it's dead, because that would be painful. It could be a nervous system spasm of some sort. Fish have a very primitive nervous system, so stuff like that happens.

Answer 4

Its like dead people sometimes after they die they still have reactions some fart and some move does that explain your fish question?

Answer 5

probaby some weird thing about fish
or your just being supernatural