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Fish have lamellae in their gills. As the water flows through the gills and over the lamellae, the oxygen is extracted from the water.
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Do aquatic life need oxygen?
Yes, fish and other aquatic life need to extract oxygen out of the water using gills.
How humans differ from a fish with regards to respiration?
Humans have lungs to extract oxygen from the air. Fish have gills to extract oxygen from the water.
Can fish breath in Coca Cola?
No. Cola is full of CO2. Fish need to extract oxygen from the water using their gills. There are not enough free oxygen atoms in cola.
How does a shark obtain oxygen?
Sharks are a fish. Fish have gills that extract oxygen directly from the water in which they live.
Were do fish get there air from?
Fish pass water over their 'gills' the gills extract oxygen from the water.
How do you spell fish guils?
The correct spelling is "fish gills." Fish gills are respiratory organs that help fish extract oxygen from the water.
How do fish and sharks get oxygen?
They use their gills to extract the oxygen from the water flowing over them
Do fish breath with lungs?
Fish use gills to extract oxygen from the water to 'breath' .
What do fish breathe with?
Fish have gills, as they swim water passes over the gills and extract oxygen from the water.
Why do fish need oxygen to survive?
Fish extract oxygen from water using gills, but gills cannot extract oxygen from air. A few species of fish (e.g. lungfish, snakehead) have some ability to extract oxygen from air (e.g. lungfish use a modified swim bladder like a lung) and can survive short trips across dry land from one shallow pool to another.
Why do fish do not breath above the water?
fish do not have lung like us. Their gills are designed to extract oxygen from water, and not from air.
What does gills help fish do?
Fish use gills to extract oxygen from the water passing over the gills.
