So the cartoon… I mean, the highly technical diagram in yesterday’s post implied that being in space wouldn’t be much of a thrill for fish. I mean, they swim up, they swim down… they swim in whatever direction they want, right?
But then I found a video showing a side-by-side comparison of the fish tank aboard the International Space Station and an identical fish tank down here on Earth, and it looks like I was very, very wrong. Fish do change their swimming behavior in microgravity. It’s really pretty, actually, watching them spin and twirl about.
Not sure if they are traumatized or having the time of their lives!
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It looks like fun to me, though I suppose from the fish’s perspective it could be different.
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Very cool!
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Isn’t it? I don’t know what I expected fish to do in space, but I wasn’t expecting that!
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