Can you drown a fish?

Answer 1

Some certain species can "drown" when they can't move forward through the water to pass water over their gills. Some sharks are a good example of this.

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Answer 2

actually there is a way to drown fish and it actually be drowning, if you grab a fish by its back fin and pull it backwards the water will go the wrong way throught the gills and actually drown the fish because water fills up inside of them, that is how you have to kill a shark in tournaments where shooting it in the head with a shotgun is not allowed

Answer 3

Not really. Fish don't have lungs, so they can't "drown" in the true sense of the word. Some, however, can die from oxygen depravation if they do not have enough water pumping over their gills (some sharks, for example), and a lack of O2 in any water can send fish to the surface gasping for air.

Answer 4

Yes! Fish breathe oxygen like we do, they just take it out of water while we take it out of air. If a fish is in water without enough oxygen in it, it will drown. Coldwater fish like goldfish and koi are especially susceptible to this because cold water holds more oxygen than warm water and so they're not as good at getting oxygen out of water as tropical fish. Also, the more water there is and the more the water moves, the more oxygen it has in it, which is one reason why goldfish shouldn't be kept in small bowls without a filter to aerate the water.

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Answer 5

Technically no. You can suffocate it by taking it out of the water, but you can't drown one. Because to drown, you have to be. In. Water. Have you read some of these other answers? They aren't very good. The one about sqeezing its gills, especially. Doesn't he/she know that water passes over and through its gills? They don't breathe in that way. And that would be suffocation, in any case.
Hope this helps. Great question too.

Answer 6

Bettas actually can drown. They have to take breaths at the surface, so if the water is too high and touches the lid of their tank, they'll drown after a while.

Answer 7

yes, if you keep a fish in water with no oxygenation content it will die. Also, labyrinth fish such as bettas and gouramis will drown without being able to get to the surface. I've had a female betta drown when two bullies wouldn't let her surface.

Answer 8

yes; you can force water into thier lungs, keep them from moving (if its a fish that needs to haveing moving water pass over thier gills to breath), or you can take them out of the water and let them die from too much air...basicly you can kill your fish pretty easily but no fish has ever naturally died of drowning with the exception of the fish that need to move to breath, they get caught in nets and other underwater hazards a lot...oh and fish that need to surface to breath such as dolphins, whales, etc...if kept under water they drown.

Answer 9

yes you can its quit simple as well grab The fishes tail then pull th backwards then water goes into the fishes gills what he uses to breath drowning Goldie

Answer 10

yea just pull it backwards in the water this filling it gills with water drowning the fish