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Most fish do not have lungs. Instead they gain oxygen by extracting it from the water using gills. The exceptions are lobe-finned fish, such as lungfish and bichirs, which have a pair of lungs and therefore have to travel to the surface of the water periodically to take in air.
Most fish have a gas bladder, enabling them to control their buoyancy in the water. It is from these gas bladders that the lobe-finned fish first evolved lungs. Some prehistoric lobe-finned fish would go on to evolve into primitive tetrapods, forming the basis for land-based animal life.
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What is the mammal function for well-developed lungs?
mammals need well developed lungs so they can breathe better. Mrs. Almans 6th grade class
What do amphibians have that bony fish do not?
Well they have limbs and lungs, which I would consider more complex.
Does a tadpole have lungs?
Lung just like any other bird
Whales have developed gills or lungs?
Whales have lungs. They descended from land animals with lungs. They had lungs before they became creatures living full time in the ocean. They did not develop either gills or lungs after they became sea creatures but long before.
Why can most fish not live out of water?
Well, because they have gills, not lungs, I suppose
Why most fish not live out of water?
Well, because they have gills, not lungs, I suppose
Mammal is to lungs as fish is to what?
Mammal is to lungs as fish is to gills.
Do butterfly have lungs?
Do butterflies have lungs?
Fish have this instead of lungs?
Fish Use Gills Instead of lungs. Gills Help fish to Breath. Fish Use Gills Instead of lungs. Gills Help fish to Breath.
Do lung fish have lungs?
No clown fish are normal fish and have gills.
Which animals have well developed eyes?
Vision is a vital sensory system in humans as well as animals. A jaw less fish, the lamprey and dragon fly has well-developed eyes.
What animal has no lungs?
Most living animals have lungs. Fish have gills, which allow them to breathe. There may be other sea creatures that do not have lungs as well. Also, some creatures breath through their skin - such as worms, which do not have lungs.
