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  1. Fish do constantly drink water, but the main reason for this isnΓÇÖt to keep their bodies from dehydrating. Fish extract oxygen from water using their gills. So we could say that by drinking water a fish isnΓÇÖt really drinking, itΓÇÖs actually breathing.