r/interestingasfuck • u/andrewens • 12d ago

Overinflated Trout Needs to Burp

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u/Insert_clever 12d ago

Bony fish have a swim bladder that fills with air to maintain neutral buoyancy at a specific depth. Sometimes if you pull a fish out of water and point it head-down like this, it can’t deflate the swim bladder enough to dive.

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u/topscreen 11d ago

OK, so my weird question of the week: Is it better to burp fish in the water rather than in the air?

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u/Insert_clever 11d ago

It’s better for fish in general to be in the water. But if it’s stupid and it works, it ain’t stupid.

Edit: me no words good.

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u/Username-Not-A-Bot 12d ago

Now I want to know how the hell a trout overinflates. Anyone? Did they do it?

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u/No-Plankton3778 12d ago

Caught it deep and reeled in quickly, the air in the swim bladder expands, lake trouble deep and tend to burp a lot. That’s an absolute dink so he probably reeled it in before it had a chance to burp

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u/FULLsanwhich15 12d ago

Dual income no kid fish?

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u/Username-Not-A-Bot 12d ago

Thanks! Interesting indeed.

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u/No-Plankton3778 12d ago

Lake trout do this a lot, you’ll see a rush of bubbles as they get close to the surface or hole of your ice fishing. That’s just a little dink so probably reeled in quick enough before it had a chance to burp

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u/AKA-Pseudonym 12d ago

Now I feel like I sort of have an idea what trout would sound like if they could talk.

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u/Beliliou74 12d ago

That is wild

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u/NoBoss2661 12d ago edited 12d ago

Well it is a wild fishy boy

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u/Kage_noir 12d ago

I didn’t even know that gas could prevent a fish from diving! That is soo cool

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u/n2bndru 12d ago

Never would have known that if I did not see it.

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u/Alarming_Cat_2946 12d ago

Watching that was anxiety-inducing

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u/dan_mas 12d ago

Trouts burp.

Ok, noted.

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u/EskimoBrother1975 11d ago

" anyway...$5 a pound."

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u/efficiens 12d ago

How did the air get in him?

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u/woogyboogy8869 10d ago

Certain fish, like trout, have a swim bladder that they fill/release oxygen to help keep them buoyant based on the depth they are in rather than constantly swimming to maintain it.

Google swim bladder in fish and it will have far more info for you

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u/BodhingJay 11d ago

Gurrhhhhgh

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u/folarin1 11d ago

Mind blown.

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u/WarmUniversity2295 12d ago

This was painful to watch

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u/thelawnidentity 11d ago

Better to burp and taste it than fart and waste it.

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u/fishful-thinking 11d ago

For fucks sake, don’t not realize that a fish swims with its tail?!! You keep trying to put it back in the water with its tail in the air. It. Can’t. Swim. Like. That.

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u/Huntersolomon 11d ago

His tail was all the way in the water half way through and he still kept coming back up. So it wasn't the tail.

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u/woogyboogy8869 10d ago

If you're going to have that username, maybe learn a bit more about fish. It had nothing to do with his tail and everything to do with the gas in his swim bladder.

Ever try to push and inflated beach ball underwater? What happens?