Many fish species are 'agitated', changing mating behavior because of chemicals discharged into the sea by humans

There are fish species that become "more active" and there are also fish species that change the mating behavior by absorbing the chemicals emitted by humans along the sewer into the ocean.

Few of us know that human chemicals discharged into the sea are inadvertently altering the "behavior" of fish.

In the waste water that you and many other people are discharging to the common pipe every day, we don't know which contains many different chemicals, from medicines to cleaning chemicals, etc. They all blend Create a dangerous chemical mixture, which can affect the body of the fish.

Earlier this year, a study published by scientists at the University of Naples reported that cocaine levels in certain river systems are making the eels more "active" than ever. In 2015, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researcher found that some diabetes medications made freshwater fish appear to be bisexual.

Most recently, Monash researchers found that water containing Prozac (Fluoxetine) may cause unintended consequences and cause excessive sexual irritation.

According to Vice expert, Dr. Michael Bertram decided to study the effect of fluoxetine active on some aquatic animals. Specifically, he tried two doses of psychoactive drugs with low and high concentrations on male mosquitofish.

Initial tests show that current exposure to fluoxetine in the environment can affect male reproductive behavior and sperm production in fish.

Mosquito-eating fish (mosquitofish).

In mating trials, fish fed male mosquitoes exposed to high concentrations of fluoxetine performed mating with more frequency than other males not exposed to this active ingredient.

It seems fluoxetine makes the fish always feel secret when their sperm count is always overloaded. The researchers observed that male fish absorbing water sources containing fluoxetine often wanted to mate and spend a lot of time searching for females.

Since then, Michael has speculated that fish that have been exposed to fluoxetine too much are exhibiting different behaviors than other fish."Assuming that males exposed to fluoxetine exhibit a greater desire to mate with females and their sperm count increases, this indicates that males live in the area," he said. Contaminated areas can easily guarantee fertilization. "

But this is not really good news for fish eating male mosquitoes that exhibit sexual arousal. Males who are overly excited can become overly crazy and this is really dangerous if they encounter predators.

Male-eating fish have long been known for their infamous sexual instincts. They always hunt the females for mating and make their "mates" sometimes "unconscious" to escape. If they are exposed to fluoxetine, it is unclear how terrible the sex of this fish will be.