Fish Need X-Rays Too! Zoo Shares Photos of Angelfish Getting CT Scan to Address Health Issues

Talk about a fish out of water!

The Denver Zoo’s French Angel underwent a CT scan this week — and the zoo is giving animal lovers a peek at what the process looks like.

On Tuesday, the Denver Zoo shared two X-rayed images of the fish on Instagram. Along with the surprise footage, the zoo wrote that it provides the “highest level of care” to all its residents and that experts decided the angelfish needed a CT scan after noticing the fish was swimming abnormally.

“Have you ever seen a fish on a CT scan? 🐠 Here at the Denver Zoo, our animal health and care teams are dedicated to making sure each of our animals gets the care they need to thrive,” the zoo noted on publish on social networks.

“When the animal care specialists at Tropical Discovery noticed that the French angel was having trouble floating and swimming abnormally, they brought the fish to our new Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Animal Hospital for an examination,” the post continued.

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Medical teams “sedated” the fish – shown in one Instagram photo resting on top of a sponge – and “occasionally ran water over its gills” while they examined it and gave it a CT scan.

“We are happy to share with you that this little fish has been on a treatment plan and is now back swimming happily in her Tropical Discovery home,” the Denver Zoo added about how the angelfish’s buoyancy issues were resolved .

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“Our animal care and health teams will continue to monitor this incredible fish,” the Denver Zoo concluded. “From the tiniest tree frog to the full grown grizzly bear, we are proud to offer the highest level of care to our animal residents!”

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Fish on CT.

Courtesy of the Denver Zoo

While Instagram users joked that they “want to be insured against that fish”, they also seemed to be impressed by the zoo’s hospital, which cares for more than 3,000 animals.

Curious animal lovers can take a tour of the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Animal Hospital, which gives visitors a 45-minute “behind-the-scenes experience with an expert guide,” according to the zoo’s website.

In July, 11-year-old Charlie Clinton of Oklahoma caught Pacu in a neighborhood pond. The fish, which closely resembles a piranha and is native to South America, has teeth that look like humans.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation he wrote on Twitter (now known as X) at a time when Pacu fish are “generally harmless to humans”, dumping unwanted animals into waterways is “so harmful to natural wildlife”.

“DO NOT RELEASE YOUR PETS. THEY ARE AN EXOTIC, INVASIVE SPECIES THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO OUR LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS,” the department tweeted alongside a photo of a Pacu captured in Oklahoma.

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