My neice, a student of grade 4 has been asked 2 answer this question at school.
2007-02-22 15:49:45 · 5 answers · asked by shahnav49 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Fish are cold blooded. They do not get fevers like we do. Their body temperature adjusts to their surroundings. So, the fish would never have a fever to recover from in the first place.
Fevers in a human are our bodies attempt to raise the body temperature and kill off whatever is making us ill. Fish have no ability to raise or lower their body temperature. They can NEVER have a fever. If the water is 70 degrees around them, so is their body temperature, all the time.
2007-02-22 16:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by TD311 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, for humans, a fever is a symptom of a sickness. A fever is described as an abnormally high body temperature or any of various diseases characterized by abnormally high body temperature. I can't find any information on whether fish get fevers, so I can't say whether fish get "fevers" as we know them, but they do get diseases which make them sick and send their body functions out of control and they become lethargic, so that may be a symptom of a "fever," but, to be very simple here, fish do survive diseases, so if a fish is capable of getting a "fever," then yes, they can survive them.
2007-02-22 16:15:58 · answer #2 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The definition of fever from dictionary.reference.com is "an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, and disturbance of various body functions."
Since fish's metabolisms speed up as their water temperature increases you could call that a "fish fever."
Can they survive it?
With slow temperature increases, it's actually the lack of oxygen that will kill fish before the heat itself, since water holds less and less dissolved oxygen the warmer it gets and the fish's increased metabolisms are demanding more oxygen, not less.
However, rapid temperature changes (in excess of a couple of degrees Farenheit per hour) stress fish, and when extreme enough, kill fish faster than anything else.
Hope this helps!
2007-02-23 05:19:22 · answer #3 · answered by ceci9293 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As most fish are cold blooded the question does make sense. A fever is an immune reaction found in mammals.
2007-02-22 20:00:40 · answer #4 · answered by Sabersquirrel 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the plural of fish is "fish" not fishes
they cant get fevers, and how the hell did you take thier tempature?? lol
2007-02-22 19:50:23 · answer #5 · answered by shadoburn 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋