Mammals don't breathe under water. They hold their breath like
you or I would...except their lungs are gigantic and they can hold
their breath for hours.
No they don't. Whales are mammals and thus need to breathe like
most mammals do. In order to breathe, whales have blow holes on
their heads. They come up to the surface of the water, bring their
blow hole out of the water, open it and take in air, and then go
back under water again.
No basically.