2006-10-30 05:01:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
are you taking the p.ss
2006-10-30 06:23:08 · answer #1 · answered by ste53 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Second time I've seen this question, so here goes (again):
Yes, fish can get thirsty...I don't see why not. Why? Becuz they do need to drink, especially marine (saltwater) ones. Their bodies do need water (not saltwater), so they drink it. Saltwater fish, as a result, excrete a small, highly concentrated amount of urea in their pee. (is that why the ocean is salty? Ha ha, just kidding). ;)
Freshwater fish are the opposite, but they still drink somewhat. That's why trace elements and minerals in the water are valuable to them, and why you should not use distilled water for fishkeeping. As a result, freshwater fish excrete a high, but diluted amount of urea in their pee.
'Drinking' is by ingestion that will pass through the digestive system. The gills are designed to extract oxygen from water, but not take in water. If any fish simply took in water via gills or through the skin, I think they'd explode! (or implode? hmmm...) And saltwater fish would be dried out as the massive amount of concentrated saltwater entered their bodies (osmosis). An example of this is the disease dropsy, where the kidneys fail in the fish. Kidneys regulate the amount of water and salt in the body by excreting one or the other in the form of pee. When the kidneys fail, the fish's body swells up with fluids, and you get the fat pine cone look. (poor fishy...I have never had a single fish that got dropsy recover from it. It's a 100% mortality rate). :(
2006-10-30 17:03:33 · answer #2 · answered by AW 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they get thirsty. All living things need Water, Oxygen and food.
Watch fish they come to the surface to gather O2
2006-10-30 16:07:42 · answer #3 · answered by FlyingPm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
Adding details:
Fish drink water, but not out of thirst. Their primary method of getting water is through osmosis. Salt water fish need to drink since osmosis draws water out of them. Sweet water fish don't since osmosis draws water into them, but they do drink when they open their mouths to eat.
If you consider the need to drink water to be thirst then saltwater fish do get thirsty but sweet water ones don't. If you consider the knowledge involved in being thirsty then they don't.
2006-10-30 13:02:41 · answer #4 · answered by tyreanpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no fish dont really drink water like people do well they do drink it while their swimming around but not like "hey im thirsty i think ill gulp some water"
2006-10-30 13:15:36 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they don't get thirsty 'cuz they are always bringing in water through their lungs and skin.
2006-10-30 13:04:17 · answer #6 · answered by Dawn G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course not yes they do take in water automatic so they will not be thirsty
2006-10-30 14:28:35 · answer #7 · answered by C live 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually fish do drink the water as they breath in they indulge in the water good question.
2006-10-30 13:36:47 · answer #8 · answered by stephanie_kanode 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if they are out of water then yes
2006-10-30 13:09:00 · answer #9 · answered by CzechMate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt think so since they are living in water!!
2006-10-30 13:03:03 · answer #10 · answered by Virginia Gal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes because they sweat a lot
2006-10-30 13:12:10 · answer #11 · answered by blokeoaf 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋