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Killer whales are aquatic mammals, they breathe through a single blow hole, which can be found on top of their heads. Like all mammals they have lungs, unlike fish which use gills to extract dissolved oxygen from water.
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How many lungs and gills does a killer whales have?
Killer whales are mammals and have two internal lungs. They are not fish, and therefore have no gills.
Do killer whales and salmon breathe through lungs?
Killer whales - Orcas - yes. Salmon - no. Salmon is a fish, fish use gills.
Why don't killer whales have gills?
All whales are mammals and need to breath air from the surface.
Why whales have lungs not gills?
Whales are mammals !
Do beluga whales have lungs or gills?
All whales have lungs. No whale has gills. The whale Shark has gills, but that name comes from it being a Shark - a fish - the size of a whale.
Do whales and fish breathe air with lungs?
Whales breathe with lungs, and fish use gills.
What fish doesn't have gills or lungs?
Whales
Is dolphin and whale has gills or lungs?
Dolphins and whales are mammals so they don't have gills.
Do whales breathe through both lungs and gills?
No. Just lungs.
Which breathes air with lungs whales or fish?
Whales have lungs, as they are mammals, and fish use gills to breath.
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.
Do whales breath through gills or lungs?
yes
