just a weird thing ive been wondering
2007-08-23 17:03:11 · 29 answers · asked by ihurtmyhand 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
Yes, of course it will. Don't try it or anything.
~ZTM
2007-08-23 17:18:03 · answer #1 · answered by ZooTycoonMaster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and it's quite a terrible way to go. The water is clean most of the way down, but once that fish hits the sewer main it's engulfed in all the sewage from the homes attached to it. Piss, crap, household cleaners, dirty dish water--all of it. Even if by some miracle the fish does survive the trip to the wastewater treatment plant, the neutralizing chemicals and bacterial agents they use to clean the water will make short work of the fish.
2007-08-23 17:07:09 · answer #2 · answered by P.I. Joe 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would have thought so, especially once they get to a water treatment plant... I guess it also depends on where you live. When I lived in Brazil, waste went right outside so if you flushed a hardy fish, it would probably survive the journey out. I have also heard it is illegal to flush fish in some developed countries because they could possibly get into native habitats. So If the conditions were right and you have a tough little fish it could survive a flushing....
2007-08-23 17:08:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't die instantaneously. It gets flushed into the pipes, then swims around trying to stay alive for as long as possible before the high ammonia content (and other pretty nasty stuff) kills it.
The only way to kill a fish humanely is by using clove oil.
2007-08-23 20:05:33 · answer #4 · answered by ninjaaa! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely. Besides the thick sewer waste water, once the sewage reaches the treatment plant it hits a solid waste separator. Kind of a big rake / grinder. If it made it to the waste-water plant it would be ground up like Saturday Night Live's Bass-O-Matic.
2007-08-23 17:14:46 · answer #5 · answered by cowboy in scrubs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it will die. However the death is not instantenous. It takes a couple of agonizing and pain-filled minutes before all the bacteria and chemicals in the sewage water suffocate it and destroy its tissues.
You really must kill a fish do it quickly and humanely. Cut its head off.
2007-08-23 19:26:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mimik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given that a fish draws its oxygen from the water via its gills; and that the bacteria in sewer water de-oxygenates the water, yes, the fish will die. But it will suffocate rather than drown.
2007-08-23 17:14:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SURE!! They will die in a very hard and cruel way!
They will die of intoxiaction in the mixture of your **** and urine! If they survive that, they will die of suffocation. There's no air in those water!!
So, are you still going to flush you Nemo into the toilet???
2007-08-24 03:21:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, smart question. Water indeed is essential for a fish to survive, but it doesn't quite imply that a fish would necessarily survive if it is provided with enough of it.
Akin to, we breathe to live but we may not live solely by breathing.
2007-08-23 17:14:23 · answer #9 · answered by EverSeeking 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, It would be almost impossible for a fish to survive and provide oxygen to its gills when the water is full of toxens.
2007-08-23 17:07:26 · answer #10 · answered by Andrew E 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The chemicals in the sewer are too strong for it to survive. However, when it dies and goes to 'fishy heaven' then it will be with all of it's other family who passed!! Therefore, please don't flush your poor fishy unless it is already dead!
2007-08-23 17:12:08 · answer #11 · answered by XxXLauren11807 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋