BussyGyatt@feddit.org to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoFish only get as big as their container.
minus-squareDeconceptualist@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months 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-up1·3 months agoso do they just grow as much as they eat instead?
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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.