But those fish don't always survive their battle wounds.
See, a fish can survive out of water for a couple of minutes.
Few fish can survive in concentrations of over 2 mg/l.
They raked the pond with machine gun fire, but the fish again survived.
Although the river dries up after the rainy season, the fish survive in pools.
The fish, I'm happy to report, survived his foster domicile.
There is no need to worry, though, as most fish can survive a fortnight without being fed.
Once the fish has survived a certain number of chronons it may reproduce.
By 2006, the oxygen levels in the river had reached a level where fish could survive, however the water colour was still dark.
Critics argued that the fish would not survive in the relatively cold climate.