• Question: Has a fish ever frozen because it was so cold

    Asked by anon-371118 to Clemence on 9 Nov 2023.
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      Clemence Fraslin answered on 9 Nov 2023:


      Fish are ectothermic also known as “cold-blooded” which mean their body temperature adapt to the water temperature (not like us, our body is suppose to stay around 37 degrees, more means you have fever). So I don’t think fish can die from cold and froze. However is the water is frozen around the fish they’ll die after a time (they need oxygen in the water and to eat).
      Also depending on the fish specie they like certain range of temperature, for example rainbow trout prefers cold water (10-14 degrees), and they faint at warmer temperature (24 degrees) whereas Tilapia like warm waters.

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