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There are 5 fishes in the water.... 1 drowns.... How many fishes are left?

Answer5 becuase.... Fish can't drown!

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[–] Donjuanme 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

0, no such thing as a fish.

4, fish can drown, the same way humans can asphyxiate. Some sharks can never stop moving as there isn't enough oxygen in the nearby water to facilitate their metabolism, so they need to continuously pump water through their gills, they stop swimming they keel over, literally.

I'm a graduated marine biologist with nits to pick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

…I’m gonna need an explanation on that first point

[–] Mithre 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh. That wasn't the video I was expecting it to be.

[–] Mithre 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

QI is a treasure haha. They do get things wrong sometimes, but I instantly thought of it seeing your post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not my post. I'm a third person who came along already knowing this fact, and when you posted a link, I was expecting it to be this Scishow video which explains why there's no such thing as a fish (or, alternatively, there is such a thing as a fish, and people are included in that category) in much greater depth.

But yes, QI is great! I miss the days when whole episodes could easily be found on YouTube.

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