FLIPPING CRAZY
Incredible moment frozen fish is brought ‘BACK TO LIFE’ after being defrosted with warm water
Baffled views said the video is fake or an instance of animal cruelty, but the phenomena is actually common in Japan
EXTRAORDINARY footage has surfaced showing a frozen fish being 'brought back to life' as it is defrosted in warm water.
The fish looks frozen solid as a man takes it out of a -2.1C vat and placed in a tub of water.
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The clip, filmed in a market in Japan, shows the sea creature float motionless for a couple of seconds.
But as the man grabs it by the tail and turns it under a stream of warm water it suddenly starts the wriggle.
The fish then flaps its body vigorously and thrash the water as it appears to regain consciousness.
It is likely the fish was not completely frozen through and had been left submerged in crushed ice in the vat only for a short time.
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Fish contain 'antifreeze' proteins in their blood, allowing them to survive in cold temperatures.
A Facebook page called Pro Fishing Videos uploaded the clip on Wednesday, and has gained more than 50,000 views since then.
Baffled viewers claimed the footage was fake or an instance of animal cruelty as they tried to work out how it was possible.
The bizarre phenomena is actually very common method of keeping fish fresh in Japan.
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The sea creatures are frozen just enough to slow their heart rate but not enough to kill them, keeping their meat fresh for use in Japanese sushi.
Seawater freezes at around -22C because of the salts in the water and fish are cold-blooded so their metabolism slows to a rate that is barely detectable.
And because they are small animals, they are able to warm up faster, explaining why the fish in the video was able to 'come back to life' so quickly.
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