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Published 7 years ago by tranxene with 0 Comments
by tranxene
7 years ago

Goldfish make alcohol to survive the winter without oxygen.

A team from the Universities of Liverpool and Oslo have just discovered how goldfish and Crucian carp are able to turn lactic acid into ethanol. Goldfish can survive without oxygen because they take lactic acid and convert it into ethanol which flows across their gills out into the water.

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