Have oft wondered what makes some carp species so invasive, and able to live in conditions that other fish can't, including under ice sheets for months at a time.
Found out yesterday that they have two metabolic paths, one that functions in zero O2...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/214...l-inside-cells/
The new scientist article skips a step.
When they process carbs aerobically, they process it like we do.
When they process it anearobically, they produce lactic acid just like we do, but have another parth that conversts the lactic acid into ethanol, which is dissipated through their gills into the water.
Apparently they live in this state with a BAC of 0.05 to 0.1, waiting for the oxygen to come back.
Nature is amazing.
(and carp are forever)
Found out yesterday that they have two metabolic paths, one that functions in zero O2...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/214...l-inside-cells/
The new scientist article skips a step.
When they process carbs aerobically, they process it like we do.
When they process it anearobically, they produce lactic acid just like we do, but have another parth that conversts the lactic acid into ethanol, which is dissipated through their gills into the water.
Apparently they live in this state with a BAC of 0.05 to 0.1, waiting for the oxygen to come back.
Nature is amazing.
(and carp are forever)