Fish Mummy!

Rafael, CA | Fish mummy
i tried the project. after the first week, the fish was dry and flaky. it also smelled really bad. my mom was about to throw it out, but i told her it was an experiment i learn on educational TV. she let me keep it for one more week.

Nathan, AB | Fish mummy
me and my friend tried this and it felt really gross

Belinda, NY | Fish mummy
When I did this project, the fish was soft and leathery.The fish felt good on my hands

Kelsie, NM | Fish mummy
My results were soft and leathery , a little flaky but not to much. It was a great experiment I should try it again sometime and mabey get someother result!

Sarah, WA | Fish mummy
My fish just became soft.

Melanie, OH | Fish mummy
I didn't do it but I bet I would have gotten dry and flaky!

Brandon, CT | Fish mummy
It dried it out

Rochelle, CA | Fish mummy
Hi Im Rochelle i did this science project and my results came up as the fish was soft and leathery.

Anna, WI | Fish mummy
Dry and flaky

Christopher, VA | Fish mummy
The fish was weird when I touched it. It was very dry and flaky. Proabably because of the scales. It was really messed up. It also felt kinda wet.

Jenna, MN | Fish mummy
i love this exspearaenc

Jillian, IL | Fish mummy
It felt like, well...rely grose, because it wasn't wet and slimy!

Shawn, MD | Fish mummy
I think that mummy live a egypt, but fish mummy. I think that fish mummy is long before the prehistoric year.

Julia, CA | Fish mummy
My fish was soft for some reason! The prossess was gross! I love your show !

David, NY | Fish mummy
WET AND SLIMY!

Kathy, CA | Fish mummy
The expirement i did is Fish Mummy. i got a moharra tilapia whole fish at the store. i also bought baking soda. it weighed 470 grams befor i did anything to it. since we only had less than a week, i did exactly what you said in the paper but in different times. i checked the fish on the third day. the baking soda was brown. it felt not that dry though. it smelled really bad and fishy. on the fourth day when i dusted the baking soda off, i weighed it and it was 233 grams. i continued to put baking soda on it after i was done and then i left it in the refrigerater for the next few days. on the 6th day, i dustes it off again. it lokked dry and felt dryer than the first four days(especially the tail). it smelled the exact same way on the 4th day, fishy and really bad. on that day it was 128 grams.

Alyssa, NY| Fish mummy
On October 3, 2003 my mom and I purchased a Croaker fish from the grocery store. At the grocery store the fish weighed 1.6 pounds and after cleaning and removing the internal organs from the fish it weighed .6 pounds. the fish looked shiny and normal, but without the movement. The fish felt slimy, slippery and I could hardly pick it up or even get a grip on it. The fish had a strong fishy smell. Another characteristic of the fish is it couldn't hold its shape. the sides of the fish were sunken in. I prepared the fish for mummification by packing the abdominal cavity and burying the fish in baking soda and putting it in the refrigerator. On October 9th, I removed the fish from the refrigerator, dusted off the baking soda and re-weighed the fish. The baking soda was turning yellow and moist around the fish, but the outer baking soda was dry. The fish weighed .6 pounds, again for the second time. The fish looked harder and it could hold its shape more than it did on October 3rd. The fish also was not as floppy as before, because the fish was beginning to dry up. However, the fish was not hardened all the way, it could still be bent. The fish's body was looking dull and rougher to the touch and the fish smell wasn't as strong. Another characteristic I saw was the eyes starting to sink into the head. When I was done with my observation and re-weighing, I repacked the fish in baking soda and put it back into the refrigerator. The final weighing of the fish was on October 16th. The fish weighed .4 pounds. this time the fish was even stiffer than before and if I bent the head it would stay in that position until I bent it back. The baking soda was yellow and moist again around the fish's body and the smell was even less.

Gabriella, CA | Fish mummy
First I bought the the fish at the super market. I washed it and buried it in baking soda inside and out. I left the fish in the refrigerator for about a week. A week later , I took the fish out and weighed it. Before I put it in the refrigerator it weighed 13.52 ounces. After a week the fish weighed 9.28 ounces which means it lost weight. It felt the same. It looked the same but it smelled like raw meat.

John, Jin Jin, and Jun, MN | Fish mummy
Boy did we have fun and does our fish Look great. We can’t believe how much weight he lost in the first week. We were thinking that this could be a new diet, but then realized that we would be taking out all of our water, so it would probably not be a big hit with the public. Following is our results. Please pick us to be on T.V., the other guys would be honored.
Week 1: Weight =1.82 lbs. Feels: It feels rough to the touch. Smells: Like a fish from the sea, pretty strong. Looks: like the Salmon I had for dinner!
Week 2: Weight =1.5 lbs. Feels: It feels smoother, kinda slimy. Smells: It still smells like fish but not has strong as on week 1 Looks: Sort of shriveled up, paler not as much color.
Week 3: Weight = 1.2 lbs. Feels: It feels polished rock smooth. Smells: It smells like an air freshener. Looks: Most water drained from it, looked much drier

Itzya, CA | Fish mummy
The first thing I did was weigh the fish. It weighed 420 grams. Then I observed the fish. It was really smelly and kind of moist. After that I coated the fish from the outside and stuffed the inside with baking soda. I put it inside the refrigerator and after a week I took it out again.
When I took it out again the first thing I did was weigh the fish with the baking soda still stuffed inside of it. It weighed 425 grams. Then I took out the baking soda and weighed it again. This time it weighed 405 grams. When I observed the fish it wasn't really smelly and it was really dry. The fish looks like when I first bought it, but not to moist.

Gonzalo, CA | Fish mummy
The experiment I did was the Mummy Wrap. First I went to go buy a fish and baking soda. Then I weight it. It weight 1791/2grams. Next I covered the fish in baking soda from the inside and the outside. I put in the refrigerator for two entire weeks. After the two entire weeks it weight127 grams. It felt a little bit different. It felt smushy, smelled like something frozen, and looked mummified. I really enjoyed doing this experiment I wish I could do it again.