# Would a goldfish survive being flushed down the toilet?

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**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-goldfish-survive-being-flushed-down-the-toilet/500282 "2009-06-19T10:40:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-goldfish-survive-being-flushed-down-the-toilet/500282/21 "2009-06-21T05:30:36Z")

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> [@Drygon](#):
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> Let’s all say this together:
> 
> Finding Nemo is fiction.

And don’t forget another Pixar favorite, _Toy Story_: “I have been chosen. Farewell, my friends. I go to a better place.”

Whether fish or foam, they always think they’re going to a better place.

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