mind blown

[The Abdominal Snoman]

do you do kids birthday parties?

Palumbo does

[Melkor]

Saltwater and freshwater fish have entirely different hydration strategies.

Freshwater fish are immersed in a medium that has a lower solute concentration then they do internally - they are faced with the loss of salts through osmosis. Therefore they actively avoid drinking and excrete large amounts of (low solute) urine.

Saltwater fish face the opposite challenge - they tend to lose water through osmosis due to the high salt content of the ocean. The strategy of bony fish is to drink lots of saltwater and then excrete very small amounts of urine with a high solute concentration (filter the salt from the water they drink and excrete it in small amounts of urine while retaining the water).

Incidentally sharks use an alternative strategy. Unlike other fish they do not lose water to the high solute saltwater through osmosis because they have very high concentrations of urea throughout their bodies meaning that they stay (roughly) in osmotic balance with the saltwater they are immersed in (they do excrete excess salt when necessary to maintain osmoregulation).

And other marine animals have varying strategies to deal with this. For example, dolphins and most marine mammals don't drink at all, with most (all?) of their water coming from dietary sources.

[Big Chiro Flex]

Saltwater and freshwater fish have entirely different hydration strategies.

Freshwater fish are immersed in a medium that has a lower solute concentration then they do internally - they are faced with the loss of salts through osmosis. Therefore they actively avoid drinking and excrete large amounts of (low solute) urine.

Saltwater fish face the opposite challenge - they tend to lose water through osmosis due to the high salt content of the ocean. The strategy of bony fish is to drink lots of saltwater and then excrete very small amounts of urine with a high solute concentration (filter the salt from the water they drink and excrete it in small amounts of urine while retaining the water).

Incidentally sharks use an alternative strategy. Unlike other fish they do not lose water to the high solute saltwater through osmosis because they have very high concentrations of urea throughout their bodies meaning that they stay (roughly) in osmotic balance with the saltwater they are immersed in (they do excrete excess salt when necessary to maintain osmoregulation).

And other marine animals have varying strategies to deal with this. For example, dolphins and most marine mammals don't drink at all, with most (all?) of their water coming from dietary sources.

fuck off nerd.

[TuHolmes]

fuck off nerd.

I find it quite interesting.

So many people understand so many things... huge amounts of knowledge here on getbig.

[Primemuscle]

That is exactly my point. What does water have to do with the odds of finding alien beings?

Fish do not drink water.

what do they drink when they're thirsty?

Bodybuilding related because i eat fish and drink water and i am a large man.

Freshwater fish do not actively drink water, but absorb the water through their skin and gills. On the other hand, saltwater fish do actively drink sea water. Their gills process the water and take out the salt.

[Big Chiro Flex]

I find it quite interesting.

So many people understand so many things... huge amounts of knowledge here on getbig.

 no doubt its fascinating. but the thread was getting stale, needed to figuratively break a bar stool over someones head, no disrespect intended.

[TuHolmes]

no doubt its fascinating. but the thread was getting stale, needed to figuratively break a bar stool over someones head, no disrespect intended.

I'm just giving shit.

It's getbig. Random shit is everywhere on this place.

[Primemuscle]

I find it quite interesting.

So many people understand so many things... huge amounts of knowledge here on getbig.

If knowledge is a synonym for bullshit,  then you are right, there is a huge amount of it here. 

[Primemuscle]

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/t/close-up-clowns-feet-30064984.jpg

I want my shoes back right now!

[Primemuscle]

Saltwater and freshwater fish have entirely different hydration strategies.

Freshwater fish are immersed in a medium that has a lower solute concentration then they do internally - they are faced with the loss of salts through osmosis. Therefore they actively avoid drinking and excrete large amounts of (low solute) urine.

Saltwater fish face the opposite challenge - they tend to lose water through osmosis due to the high salt content of the ocean. The strategy of bony fish is to drink lots of saltwater and then excrete very small amounts of urine with a high solute concentration (filter the salt from the water they drink and excrete it in small amounts of urine while retaining the water).

Incidentally sharks use an alternative strategy. Unlike other fish they do not lose water to the high solute saltwater through osmosis because they have very high concentrations of urea throughout their bodies meaning that they stay (roughly) in osmotic balance with the saltwater they are immersed in (they do excrete excess salt when necessary to maintain osmoregulation).

And other marine animals have varying strategies to deal with this. For example, dolphins and most marine mammals don't drink at all, with most (all?) of their water coming from dietary sources.

I like my explanation better...plus, it is shorter and therefore more attune to the mentality here. Many of us are severely ADHD. We cannot comprehend an explanation as detailed as yours is. Our minds wander. Heck, I cannot even remember where I put my Ritalin. 

[Simple Simon]

I find it quite interesting.

So many people able to use Google search function understand so many things... huge tiny amounts of knowledge here on getbig.

fixed

[TuHolmes]

fixed

Disagree.

[Overload]

Apparently, I was only half right. 


Freshwater fish do not actively drink water, but absorb the water through their skin and gills. On the other hand, saltwater fish do actively drink sea water. Their gills process the water and take out the salt.

 The salmon is an interesting example of a fish that lives in both fresh and salt water, and consequently, they have the characteristics of both types of fish. Salmon are born in fresh water, and migrate to the ocean. While living in the ocean, they drink saltwater by opening their mouth; their gills then rid their bodies of the salt and minerals. When the salmon enters freshwater streams to spawn, they stop drinking the water and instead absorb it through osmosis (osmosis means that the water passes through the cells of the fish's skin into its body).

So saltwater fish have built in Brita filters 

Nice google search homo.

Why don't you type it in your own words?  Oh that's right, you're too fucking stupid to even understand what you just pasted.

[Hulkotron]

I find it quite interesting.

So many people understand so many things... huge amounts of knowledge here on getbig.

x2 there is quite the range of knowledge here.

I for example am an expert on muscular size and strength.

[Primemuscle]

Nice google search homo.

Why don't you type it in your own words?  Oh that's right, you're too fucking stupid to even understand what you just pasted.

-better than some of the made up shit some folks post here.

[Kwon_2]

I'm just giving shit.

It's getbig. Random shit is everywhere on this place.

Freshwater fish do not actively drink water, but absorb the water through their skin and gills.

On the other hand, saltwater fish do actively drink sea water. Their gills process the water and take out the salt.

The Vissy is an interesting example of a hairdresser that lives in both fresh and salt water, and consequently, they have the characteristics of both types of homé. Vissies are born in fresh water, and migrate to the ocean. While living in the ocean, they drink saltwater by opening their mouth; their gills then rid their bodies of the salt and minerals. When the Goodrum enters the Vissy to spawn, they stop drinking the water and instead absorb it through osmosis (osmosis means that the water passes through the cells of the skin into its body).