Can you freeze a minnow or small goldfish in dry ice and then thaw it out later with the fish still alive?

March 14th, 2010

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  • I NEED TO KNOW FOR A PROJECT!


  • If a fish is frozen. Its dead.


  • No , thats not possible. The poor thing will die.


  • Highly doubt it.


  • try it b4 the dew date. but if you try it let me know how that works. i wanna try it.


  • No. The temperature drop will kill the fish and it cannot be reanimated because the ice crystals will cause irreversible cell damage.

    In polar regions, certain fish produce a natural antifreeze that allows them to survive in salt water at temperatures of 0 to -3 C.



  • Nope...
    Maybe if you cryogenically froze it...
    But then again this has been done to humans.. they are still frozen.
    That is the biggest challenge. Preserving life upon defrosting a living organism.
    http://www.smilepk.com/amazing/frogs-and...
    Interesting enough is that there are certain species of frogs that actually become frozen (over the winter) and thaw out in the spring alive.
    Something interesting to look up.


  • not a chance! it's also animal cruelty. i would suggest that you pick another topic for your project.


  • no


  • There is the tiniest chance its possible, but only in a laboratory. If you tried it on your own, there is a .00000001 chance of success.


  • WHY DON'T YOU FREEZE YOURSELF AND TRY IT!!


  • Lol, NO.


  • A BIG NO,YOU IDIOT.


  • No - the fish will die.

    The problem you need to solve is that when the water inside the animals cells freezes it turns to ice crystals, expands and busts up the internal structure of the cell. Then when you thaw it out again, it wont work any more, so the animal is dead.

    There are certain animals that can actually survive a low level of freezing, but they actually have a type of organic antifreeze in their bodies to stop ice crystals forming. There are fish in antartica that can live down to -4C (the temp that seawater freezes) and NZ mountain Weta (an insect) can survive being frozen to about -8C

    But normal fish, no way, you will just make a Sushi popsicle

    Ian

    @ Fish Man - If I'm in a hurry can I microwave my new fish?


  • You can't even touch dry ice without it completely freezing your skin to death. Of course a fish wouldn't survive.


  • Lol I doubt it


  • i just thought of something funny

    if that was possable you could go to a fish shop and ask for a few neon tetras. the man working there would go out into a walk in freezer and pull out a few frozen fish and give them to you with thawing instructions.


  • I don't think so and please don't try. It would be cruel.


  • of course you could microwave them Report Abuse


  • no


  • not possible. fish may be cold-blooded, but having your blood FROZEN is another story. the dry ice itself would harm the fish too, and their metabolism simply cant survive a total freeze


  • probably not....that would be f---king sweet though!







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