can fish drown?

[cwcville]

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[Vingle]

They essentially drown on land.

 

[Pimpleking55]

Yes, sharks for example need to keep moving for enough oxygen rich water to flow through the gills, if their movement gets restricted somehow they die, thus drown.

 

[Ido]

If an animal is beached (shark, dolphin, etc.) They could be sick or dying. Pushing them back into the ocean could actually make them drown.

 

[User names must be unique]

yes some sharks lack the ability to pump water over their gills, if they stop moving for a significant amount of time they drown

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

There are bodies of water that have extremely low dissolved oxygen, thus have no fish living in them (Wikipedia link). If a fish were to find itself in these “dead zones” they would suffocate in water.

 

[User names must be unique]

There are bodies of water that have extremely low dissolved oxygen

There are also deep sea underwater lakes of brine, these lakes are extremely salty to the point it can kill animals that enter them, They aren't drowning as such but it looks like a fish going for a swim in the sea then dying.

 

[cwcville]

There are also deep sea underwater lakes of brine, these lakes are extremely salty to the point it can kill animals that enter them, They aren't drowning as such but it looks like a fish going for a swim in the sea then dying.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZwuVpNYrKPY

you'know i made this question just to shitpost around, but that video is really interesting. thanks for sharing!