Masana kimiyya sun daɗe suna damuwa game da yadda kifin zinare da irin kifin zinaren da ke da alaƙa da su na iya kasancewa na dogon lokaci a kusan rashin iskar oxygen. A ƙarshe, an samo amsar: gaskiya, kamar yadda ya juya, tana "cikin laifi."
Kamar yadda kuka sani, kifin zinare, duk da matsayin akwatin kifaye, suna cikin nau'in kifin. A lokaci guda, bayyanar "kyakyawa" ba ta hana su daga nuna juriya da kuzari mai ban mamaki ba. Misali, suna iya rayuwa tsawon makonni a ƙasan maɓuɓɓugar kankara, inda kusan iskar oxygen ba ta nan.
Katun zinare, wanda zai iya rayuwa a cikin irin wannan yanayin fiye da watanni uku, yana da irin wannan damar. A lokaci guda, lactic acid ya kamata ya tara a jikin kifin duka, wanda ake samarwa da yawa a cikin yanayin maye, wanda zai haifar da mutuwar dabbobin da wuri. Wannan yayi daidai da yanayin da ake cin wuta ba tare da fitar da hayaki ko zafi ba.
Yanzu masana kimiyya sun gano cewa waɗannan nau'ikan kifayen guda biyu suna da iko na musamman wanda yake sananne a cikin ƙwayoyin cuta, kamar yisti, amma ba irin na vertebrates ba. Wannan ikon ya juya ya zama ikon sarrafa lactic acid cikin kwayoyin barasa, wanda sai a fitar da shi zuwa cikin ruwa ta gill. Don haka, jiki yana kawar da kayan sharar gida waɗanda ke haifar da haɗari ga lafiyar mutum.
Tunda tsarin samuwar ethanol yana faruwa ne a wajan mitochondria na salula, ana iya kawar da giya da sauri daga jiki, amma har yanzu yana shiga cikin jini, don haka yana shafar halayen kifin zinare da danginsu, masu lalata. Abu ne mai ban sha'awa cewa giya a cikin jinin kifi na iya wuce ka'ida, wanda a wasu ƙasashe ana ɗaukar iyakokin direbobin ababen hawa, suna kaiwa MG 50 na ethanol a cikin miliyon 100 na jini.
A cewar masana kimiyya, irin wannan maganin matsalar tare da taimakon wani nau'in shaye-shaye na asali ya fi kyau sosai fiye da tara lactic acid a cikin ƙwayoyin. Bugu da kari, wannan karfin ya baiwa kifin damar rayuwa cikin aminci a cikin irin wannan yanayi, wanda hatta maharban da ke son cin riba daga kifin da suka fi so kada su yi iyo.