Red Herring
Radiolab
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How Do Herring Fish Float Around in the Water?
Herring fish have been washing up dead on the shores of the hudson and nobody really knows why. In most fish, they have this thing called the swim bladder. The swim bladder is a tiny sack filled with gas that regulates the fish's buoyancy. But not the herring. They do this by either pulling air into your swim bladder sack or pushing it out. Most fish do this through their blood stream and their gills,. which means it's quiet, silent, like basically invisible. but not the herrings. Herring arer big. I don't know, maybe ten inches big. Dead fish iny. They are the silver of the oceans cause they are all
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