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Can fish swim upside down

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13y ago

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No, it cannot swim backwards.

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13y ago

fish can swim upside down as a way to get rid of preditors, i see my goldfish swimming upside down regurarly and doesn't seem to be dead because he still moves. he normally does this when he it getting attacked by one of my guppies.

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Yes they can. You will quite often observe female Humpback whales swimming on their backs, slapping the water with their flippers, at their breeding grounds.

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13y ago

haha funny question umm lets see no, no they dont sorry

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10y ago

no a blue whale can not swim backward.

Yeah, no, a blue whale is not a boat, it cannot propel itself backwards

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11y ago

Yes. They have to swim up to the surface to breathe, they swim down to feed.

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yes, they can

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No, it cannot swim backwards.

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