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# Betta Fish - Is It Dangerous? | Mind of Animals

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# Betta Fish

Betta splendens

Safesea

1 Totally safe danger 1 out of 5

Betta Fish

Photo by Daniella Vereeken (CC BY 2.0) via [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HM_Orange_M_Sarawut.jpg)

## What you should know

A tropical pet fish that needs a heated, filtered, properly set up tank, not a little bowl.

## Whoa

They breathe air from the surface with a special organ, which is how they survive in puddles in the wild.

## Staying safe around it

This one is genuinely harmless to people. Still look with your eyes and let it go about its day.

**Always ask a grown-up before you touch any animal or plant.** If something bites or stings you, tell an adult right away.

Source: [PetMD](/mind-of-animals/#s9)

Read more about the betta fish at [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_fighting_fish).

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