Anatomy of a Facehole

[00:00] All right, Coalson. I think it's time. It's been too long for another under-googable
[00:07] We do under Google rules. That was the play of super excited told us we had to
[00:27] We signed up for it in the end it's gonna be better and more true than Google can give you
[00:34] What can we answer for you this week? How can I help you?
[00:40] You know, it has been too long I've been getting some flack from
[00:45] People that have asked me these questions and they're just waiting for answers
[00:49] They're just not googling things just waiting for us to answer them
[00:52] And they wait till they're all patreon subscribers and have access to your daily feed buddy
[00:57] It's they would have already had it exactly
[00:59] We but we had to do all of course all these season previews that are hour-long shows that don't have time for under googles
[01:05] But again, if you're a patreon, we would have done it for you
[01:08] Already recorded and sent it out. So don't don't don't
[01:12] Ask questions, like how do I perform CPR like
[01:18] Nothing timely
[01:25] Warnings these days sure
[01:28] right
[01:30] How do I yeah jump a car on a dark road?
[01:33] Yeah, I don't want to start the podcast with like, you know
[01:37] If this is an emergency, please call 9-1-1 like that, you know, we're not we're not going to that
[01:42] We could start the under googles like that every episode
[01:52] One of the ones I liked thought was pretty pretty good question
[01:58] Everybody knows the phrase drink like a fish
[02:04] And the question was is that accurate do fish actually drink do they drink water like is is drink like a fish
[02:13] Accurate
[02:15] Do fish actually drink water?
[02:17] Is this a real question? This is a real question. Yeah, I mean water goes through their face. Oh, right. That's a different question
[02:25] Mmm, is it though? I think it is
[02:27] I think they're asking me a different question then then whether cuz I mean clearly water is going through them all the time and
[02:33] It's going out their gills and whatnot. But are they actually drinking water?
[02:38] Of course, they're drinking water. Well, what's the definite?
[02:40] I mean you need to define drink at this point if it if we're not clear on that because it's like water is going
[02:45] Through their face. Oh, yeah, I
[02:48] Don't know this is the question
[02:53] Okay, so water is going in
[02:55] Yeah, so first off they are immersed in water right sure sure
[03:00] But are they getting that through like their gills are they getting it through their skin?
[03:05] Or are they actually like drinking it? I think is the question. Yep all the things
[03:11] There it is
[03:13] Yeah, I mean who knows if they like
[03:16] Consume water only to consume air if that's what you're asking, right? So if so if they are
[03:24] Taking in water only to pass it through their gills to get oxygen
[03:29] That you could say is maybe they're breathing they're not really drinking it. Yeah, sir. Oh, yeah, whatever
[03:35] I don't exactly know the anatomy of a fish face hole, but
[03:43] I imagine I imagine that they the
[03:47] There are different routes
[03:50] So like when we drink water right water goes down and goes to the esophagus and into the stomach whereas air goes into the
[03:57] Trachea right and into the use usually
[04:01] Hopefully, so I don't know if water goes
[04:04] In and then some is diverted to the gills and then others goes to the esophagus of the fish that I don't know
[04:14] But even if they just
[04:18] Any time they eat
[04:20] Right to take in food that goes down there esophagus. They're taking in water like yeah, so
[04:27] It's just everywhere all the time. Yes. Well, I I do have an I guess a follow-up question. That's
[04:33] potentially related
[04:36] How does the how does the saltwater thing work are they
[04:40] Filtering out like if they're like so if saltwater fish for example, right?
[04:46] How do they how are they consuming water because at least at least for humans drinking saltwater would dehydrate you right
[04:54] and not hydrate you
[04:56] How do are those fish filtering out salt somehow and to get water intake to be hydrated or
[05:03] I don't I've yeah, I don't know
[05:06] Does that make sense? It does? Yeah, go ahead
[05:10] I don't I don't have a
[05:13] Definitive answer on this but I suspect that they just may be living with a different, you know, pH balance generally
[05:22] Yeah, I'm guessing their kidneys work a bit differently or simply yeah
[05:27] Fix the problem. There's a different osmolarity. Yes
[05:31] right a
[05:33] Different freshwater fish a different. Sorry different osmolarity. So a different concentration of
[05:39] ions dissolved in the water
[05:42] so saltwater basically is is
[05:46] Yeah, just says a bunch of sodium and chloride and other ions in it
[05:52] At a higher concentration than there is in freshwater, right? Right
[05:58] But really what you need is a differential in osmotic pressure on some level right to make sure that you're not overwhelmed. So
[06:05] Somehow they can manufacture that at the cellular level
[06:09] Yeah, guessing I'm guessing through their kidneys. Yeah
[06:13] Which is what we do as well, right? So we there were enough words in that sense. I didn't understand. I am NOT gonna argue
[06:21] This is why I come to the doctor
[06:23] So
[06:27] The answer is fish definitely drink water and in saltwater if they're drinking saltwater
[06:32] It's it doesn't affect them the way it affects us because they have different
[06:37] Body makeups so they could actually drink saltwater and it would essentially be hydrating for them or something. Absolutely
[06:46] Right though, I mean even if you keep fish at home, you don't want your saltwater fish in a freshwater tank, right?
[06:53] I mean these different species are specifically tailored to their
[06:58] Yeah, there are a few random species though that can
[07:04] so there are these like
[07:07] What do they call them?
[07:09] estuaries, right? Mm-hmm, which is where a
[07:13] River got damned off from a
[07:18] The ocean basically so the estuary basically is intermediate
[07:23] salt
[07:24] Concentration, right? So it's not salt water. It's not right. Yeah, so it's not
[07:29] Yeah, but there's something maybe it's another term. I'm thinking of where it's like it's gotten walled off
[07:33] But anyway, it's like saltwater sort of inland a bit, right? Exactly
[07:38] Yeah, and so there are species that can tolerate sort of both or whatever like or a range
[07:44] It's on the wall where I really thrive in those like estuaries or there's another term. I can't think of what it is
[07:50] but
[07:52] Interesting. Yeah, and they can go so far like
[07:59] Upstream basically into the river but not beyond cuz then it's like before it starts being toxic to them or something
[08:06] Right. Exactly. Yeah
[08:11] Yeah, I'm definitely familiar with with with though that I don't know. Yeah, I don't know that
[08:18] If there's a term for that actually definitely something
[08:22] along those lines
[08:24] We've created a new one to Google
[08:27] Words for water, you know
[08:31] Different types of water. Oh, yeah. Again, I don't think we have to Google that one harbors, right? So an estuary is it is the title?
[08:39] Mouth it's that it's where they tide meets the river basically brackish water
[08:56] That's definitely
[08:57] It's a good word
[08:59] So some fish species can live in both freshwater and salt water. These species are called
[09:04] You're real lean
[09:07] You are why h AI or h AI any I'm gonna I'm sure I fumbled the spell or the pronunciation on that
[09:15] As though I started to Google do fish drink water, but the Google auto complete here is pretty hilarious. So
[09:22] you do fish
[09:24] blank
[09:26] In order pee fart have lungs have ears have tongues have brains
[09:32] Have bones breathe sleep or have blood
[09:37] Or have blood
[09:39] Yeah, Wow. I
[09:42] Mean that's a lot
[09:46] People do not know a lot about fish
[09:49] Or living things generally
[09:51] So, yeah fish do absorb water through their skin and gills in a process called osmosis
[10:03] Okay, we knew that okay
[10:08] Catadromas fish on the other hand generally live in freshwater bodies only and only in our salt water to spawn like salmon
[10:15] maybe
[10:17] North American eels, I guess is what they're
[10:23] Salt water fish at least need to purposefully drink water
[10:27] In order to get it in into their systems get enough water into their systems
[10:33] They can't just allow fish to diffuse freely through their gills
[10:43] Okay, so according to this
[10:46] Upset from the gill
[10:51] Not all so
[11:00] Freshwater counterparts direct all of the water that comes into their mouths through the out through the gills all of it
[11:07] While as saltwater fish direct some into their digestive tract
[11:12] So the answer is saltwater fish do drink water but in freshwater fish do not do not yes, you could argue
[11:21] So definitely face in water. Yes, of course, but it goes out there side holes
[11:27] well, and then they also need to take in water in order to
[11:32] You
[11:34] Know perform their bodily functions. They just do that through through their skin through their skin
[11:41] So then it gets into how do you define drink, you know, right?
[11:49] If you if you do a vodka eyeball
[11:55] If you go out with your friends and you do and you just vodka eyeball would did you go out for a night of drinking right?
[12:01] Hmm
[12:03] The is one of life's great mysteries. Yeah is is the tequila enema actually drinking?
[12:09] Right, right. Oh, I
[12:12] Mean the only way to solve this is to ask Brett Kavanaugh. So we'll send it to the Supreme Court
[12:17] Find out for sure
[12:20] You did to get a ruling on whether or not boofing is actually
[12:24] You'd be the man as Kim and squibb. So do fish drink water turned into is boofing drinking
[12:39] I mean, it was only ever going one place
[12:43] I blame the listeners