BussyGyatt@feddit.org to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?message-squaremessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down113
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?BussyGyatt@feddit.org to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoFish only get as big as their container.
minus-squareDeconceptualist@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSo… Bonsai fish? Can I make a regular fish into a starfish shape? I mean I wouldn’t, cuz that would be cruel; I’m just asking in principle. Because that’s where this would seem to lead lol
minus-squareBussyGyatt@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoso do they just grow as much as they eat instead?
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThey stop growing because they die. As they grow the water quality gets increasingly poor, which slows their growth and eventually kills them.
Fish only get as big as their container.
So… Bonsai fish? Can I make a regular fish into a starfish shape? I mean I wouldn’t, cuz that would be cruel; I’m just asking in principle. Because that’s where this would seem to lead lol
so do they just grow as much as they eat instead?
They stop growing because they die. As they grow the water quality gets increasingly poor, which slows their growth and eventually kills them.