I accidently threw some peanuts/raisins into my neighborhood pond and am worrired the turtles/fish may choke on them. Is their esophagus/pharynx too narrow to swallow nuts/raisins? Also, I read that "Fish would suffocate if they tried to chew, for chewing would interfere with the passage of water over the gills, necessary for obtaining oxygen" on the NEFSC website
Also, would the fish/turtles blindly eat the nuts/raisins, or would they know that it's too bug for their mouths, because there are lots of baby fish that don't look able to swallow nuts?
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