Fish can not breathe for 4 minutes in the Pacific Ocean

Deep sea puffer fish can hold breaths for 26 to 40 seconds by keeping a large amount of water in the gills.

Breathing helps this fish preserve energy.

Researchers first observed the breathless behavior of puffer fish (Chaunax endeavouri) living in the deepest areas of the Pacific Ocean in video by remote control of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The United States (NOAA) recorded. A total of 8 puffer fish was caught holding breath in the water.

To get enough oxygen needed, the puffer fish swallowed a mouthful of water containing two parts of hydrogen and a portion of oxygen, filtered oxygen and discharged the oxygen-depleted water through the gills. But they can hold that amount of water in a large storage chamber for a long time, from 26 seconds to 4 minutes instead of emitting immediately. The discovery was published on May 10 in the journal Fish Biology.

Scientists also took a computerized tomography of pufferfish specimens at the museum to check the gills in the gills they used to hold water. They speculate that breathing helps the fish to conserve energy, even making it look bigger in the predator's eyes, similar to how the puffer fish swells to protect itself. When puffer fish cans hold water, their body volume increases up to 30%.

Puffer fish suppresses breathing in the water.(Video: NOAA).