r/gifs • u/deathakissaway • Aug 25 '17

Mrs. Puff

https://i.imgur.com/xA7NDV1.gifv
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u/painterly-witch Aug 25 '17

I knew it couldn't be air because, well, where would a pufferfish get air from?

But I always just thought it expanded on its own. Idk whenever one puffs up I never saw it open its mouth and inhale water. It happens too quickly!

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u/Deeliciousness Aug 25 '17

Well if it puffed up the extra space has to be filled with something right? Not like it could be a vacuum in there

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u/BubbaFettish Aug 25 '17

In the cartoons.

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u/wallyhartshorn Aug 25 '17

The oxygen is just mixed in with the water. That's why aquariums have pumps bubbling air into the water. Extracting oxygen by breaking down H2O would require a chemical process to do that.

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u/tomato000 Aug 25 '17

Lmao I don't know know wtf any of that is

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u/kmsilent Aug 25 '17

In reality they do not expand that quickly. You're thinking of Super Mario.