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Can a goldfish drown

Updated: 8/9/2023
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12y ago

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  • A fish would drown in water that is not sufficiently oxygenated.
  • Actually the question is not a silly as it sounds and does not only occur when there is not enough oxygen in the water. Under the right conditions (or in this case, the wrong conditions) a fish can actually drown just as surely as a human can. Drowning is caused by suffocation in a body of water, it is accurate to say a fish that is starved of oxygen while in the water has in fact drowned. Fish breathe by taking in oxygen from the water and if the body of water they are living has a depleted oxygen supply, then the fish must either move to a new, oxygen rich area, or drown. During summer months in particular, the deep lakes' oxygen supply can easily become depleted due to animal respiration and decay of vegetation. This causes large groups of fish to die, as they very often refuse to move out of the oxygen-less region. There are even some species of fish that have developed such complex respiratory systems that they can only breath outside of the water. Fish, such as the Climbing Perch fish, can get out of a body of water and survive on land, but many need to breathe our air as well as gaining oxygen in the water. If these fish are forced to stay under water, they will not gain the necessary oxygen they need to survive, resulting in the fish drowning. The Climbing Perch have a respiratory system that is dependent on our oxygen rich air and the fish will drown if forced to stay underwater for to long, no matter how much oxygen is in the water.
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Thx, now I know that my gosh didn’t die from the lsd and cocaine I put in the tank
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*fish not gosh
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12y ago

Of course a goldfish can drown, they may live most of there life in water but that's like saying we cant suffercate because we live most of our lives on land

so yes goldfish or in fact any fish can drown.

when a goldfish drowns they die :/

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Goldfish are omnivores and will eat anything small enough to fit in their mouths including fish or small insects.

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no you cant drown it but you will suffocate it

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5y ago

Not really. But u can kill it with shock if u change the temp of water
no because they were designed to live underwater

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