2007-09-10 19:58:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Yes, it sure can.
When a fish is taken out of water, and exposed only to air, not to oxygen and hydrogen containing water, its gills are unable to control the oxygen intake, the delicate balance cannot be maintained, and the gills inhale a lethal overdose of oxygen. The fish essentially experiences death by "drowning."
2007-09-10 20:00:05 · answer #1 · answered by emma 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Can a fish drown?
YES!
Fish, like people, need oxygen to live.
A fish out of water, is a fish out of its element. A fish comes fully equipped with a pair of gills, which it uses to breathe under water. The gills extract life-sustaining oxygen from the hydrogen in the water molecules, in order to regulate the amount of oxygen intake. This maintains the necessary balance of the two components of water for the fish to survive.
When a fish is taken out of water, and exposed only to air, not to oxygen and hydrogen containing water, its gills are unable to control the oxygen intake, the delicate balance cannot be maintained, and the gills inhale a lethal overdose of oxygen. The fish essentially experiences death by "drowning."
2007-09-11 16:46:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, My pet shark was stung by a bee he went after, he had an allergic reaction in his gills, we found him dead at the bottom of the tank, his gills were severely swollen, I think he drowned
2007-09-11 03:05:51 · answer #3 · answered by Code 3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greediness drown everything.
2007-09-11 05:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by † Iríšh † 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take them out of water and they die thats a bit like drowning
2007-09-11 03:19:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, if you grab it by the tail and pull it backwards through the water, the water goes into there lungs through there gills, and therefore they drown because they cant breath
2007-09-11 03:07:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they can drown when they are out of water
2007-09-11 03:13:05 · answer #7 · answered by NoLongerHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-09-11 03:07:29 · answer #8 · answered by Courtney 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in water but in air.
2007-09-11 10:21:08 · answer #9 · answered by Steven C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in air! =)
2007-09-11 03:10:24 · answer #10 · answered by Georgia Rose 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋