If you think about it, when fish are taken out of the water they're sort of drowning in air, amirite?

+719 If you think about it, when fish are taken out of the water they're sort of drowning in air, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

isnt that suffocating??? because they get the oxygen from the water to breath and they dont have that out of the water...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

... what do you think WE breath?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not drowning. Fish die out of water because their gills get sticky and they can't breathe.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm confused. So fish take oxygen from the water, but then when they're taken out of the water, into pure oxygen, they can't breathe at all? Can someone explain, please?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(My name): Gills are tiny folds that must remain seperate for water to flow through so that the oxygen in the water can be extracted. If they're taken out of water their gills clump, preventing the diffusion of oxygen into their bodies.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Its technically not pure oxygen....

by Anonymous 13 years ago