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'Zombie fish' brought back to life thanks to miracle white powder



The poor swimmer is nearly dead at the start of this video, but a mystery pick-me-up soon does its work


This video looks like a piece of magic - no camera trickery guaranteed.
But it's actually just the appliance of some pretty cool science that you might remember from the classroom.
The fish is lying motionless in the water until someone sprinkles some magic white powder on the surface.
Within seconds, it is alert and swimming , seemingly unaware of what's happened to its physiology.
The vice-president of the Guangxi Fisheries Science Research Institute, Li Xiaozheng, in Nanning, southern China’s Guangxi region, said the miracle life-giving powder was in fact sodium peroxide, an inorganic compound with the formula Na2O2.

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Almost fin-ished: The fish was close to death when it was in the basin

The product of sodium ignited in excess oxygen, when Na2O2 is dropped into the water, it releases the O2.
Li said: "[The chemical] is fine to use to increase oxygen. But if any industrial materials were added to it during the production process, then it should be used with caution."

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Magic powder: The addition of the sodium peroxide is about to make a real difference

As you can see, the essential gas immediately helps the fish fully recover.
Viral videos of fish being brought back from the brink of death by the mysterious white powder added to their water have been shared across social media in China .
In the past, sodium peroxide was used to bleach wood pulp for the production of paper and textiles.

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Swimming success: The fish suddenly start to move freely and healthily again

In modern day laboratories, it is mainly used for specialised operations such as the extraction of minerals from various ores.
Puzzled netizens who shared the videos online say they are happy they now have an answer to the mystery, with several fish lovers adding that they now know to use the chemical in the future to save their ailing pets.
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