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. 2002 Jun 11;166(12):1571.

How much water do fish drink?

Robert Dickson 1
PMCID: PMC113810

We left the oceans millennia ago, desiccating ourselves in a dry and airy world.

We have our skin and kidneys, to keep us moist and salty.

Water follows salt — do we drink enough to keep us from becoming hypertensive fish?

Robert Dickson Family physician Hamilton, Ont.


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