• Question: can a fish cry

    Asked by anon-230729 to Tom, Steven, Jessica, Haafizah, Clio, Bruno Silvester on 14 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Tom Snelling

      Tom Snelling answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      Fish cannot cry. The emotional aspect of crying comes from the cerebral cortex and limbic system of our central nervous system. Fish do not have these in their nervous system!

    • Photo: Jessica Mitchell

      Jessica Mitchell answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      Great question! Fish dont have tear ducts like us (where our tears come from) so they cant physcially cry. Their eyes are always pretty watery which helps them see under water. Emotionally fish dont have the same brains as humans so they probably dont feel upset in the same way we do when we cry.

    • Photo: Bruno Silvester Lopes

      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      No fish can’t cry.

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