Fish Exploded?

[jbnice2me]

Hello, I came home to something quite disturbing the other day. I had a female platy that was "overdue" and she didnt seem like she was ever going to have her babies. I separated her from the rest of the fish by putting her in a breeder. When I came home from work she was dead and it looked like her intestins poped out of her chest. Does anyone know what could have happened? Did she hold her fry to long and they grew to big for her insides?

 

[youngfisher]

Ewww! I would like to know what caused this though so a free Bump.

 

[keenonfish]

That sounds nasty, but are you sure she was pregnant?

lol the only thing near this I can think of is some parasites that take over (and control of) insects...

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM

 

[Panamera]

i've had that happen with a female guppy. but at the time it never occured to me that she may have exploded. i thought she had died and the other fish started eating her. as they do. was very disturbing. not nice.

 

[jbnice2me]

That sounds nasty, but are you sure she was pregnant?

lol the only thing near this I can think of is some parasites that take over (and control of) insects...

[URL="http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM"]http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM[/URL]

Yes I am very sure she was pregnant. She had all the usual signs. Her mate was right by her side the whole time till I put her in the breeder. I am 100% sure it was not caused by a parasite. Her fry was also visible through her body. Not crystal clear but it was clear that she had fry.

 

[hotpink143]

That sounds nasty, but are you sure she was pregnant?

lol the only thing near this I can think of is some parasites that take over (and control of) insects...

[URL="http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM"]http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM[/URL]

I'm gonna have nightmares of that for a long time.

What in the world were they coming out of? I couldn't tell.

 

[keenonfish]

That sounds nasty, but are you sure she was pregnant?

lol the only thing near this I can think of is some parasites that take over (and control of) insects...

<a href="http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM" target="_blank">http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM</a>

I'm gonna have nightmares of that for a long time.

What in the world were they coming out of? I couldn't tell.

A grasshoper - it's worse than you think too - the hopper will still have been alive when it got squished. When the parasites are ready to 'hatch' out they force the grasshopper to seek out water which it then jumps into and drowns. This is apparently nescesary as they have an aquatic stage to their life cycle although not sure if scientists fully understand how they get into the hoppers again.

 

[Platygirl11]

That sounds nasty, but are you sure she was pregnant?

lol the only thing near this I can think of is some parasites that take over (and control of) insects...

[URL="http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM"]http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM[/URL]

Oh ew , that is just the worst thing ever!

 

[jmkgreen]

When the parasites are ready to 'hatch' out they force the grasshopper to seek out water which it then jumps into and drowns.

I just read this on Wikipedia but I have to ask anyway: How does this actually happen?

Imagine in the human world, "No, do you not need to eat that biscuit!". An end to so many evils..!

 

[modaz]

what can happen is that when the fish is due to drop her fry her birth canal does not open which will cause this thing to happen. Its happens sometimes.

and that youtube clip is GROSSSS YUK!!