The alligator gar can "sort of" breathe air. It is a fish, complete with gills, but is a primitive one. It's gills don't work very well out of water, but it can survive for several hours in air. A link can be found below.
alligators are reptiles which breathe air. They spend a lot of time in the water to maintain a body temperature and support their heavy weight. You will always notice the alligator keeps his nose above water, and only dives for about 20 minutes at a time. Unlike other reptiles, alligators have one direction of air flow through their body just like birds do. Birds, alligators, and dinosaurs are all in the same Family.
On land, they use lungs, pretty much just like you and I.
Under water, they hold their breath.
They sure do. They have lungs, not gills. When they dive, they hold their breath.
Alligators breath with lungs like humans. People think they have gills but they are not a fish.
yes almost all organisms need oxygen to survive
Yes, of course they do.
Lungs a similar in that they help to bring oxygen into the living things body. The difference is that gills are external and lungs are internal.
No, when alligators go under water, they are holding their breath.
All fish have gills. Their gills are like lungs. And if they didn't have gills they would die.
lungs.
yep they do have gills but develop lungs as they grow older
Yes, alligators have lungs and breathe air just like you do. They CAN hold their breath for a long time while they are under water, though!
Fish Use Gills Instead of lungs. Gills Help fish to Breath. Fish Use Gills Instead of lungs. Gills Help fish to Breath.
Yes. Alligators breathe with lungs.
The lungfish has both gills and lungs.
Goldfish do not have lungs. Sorry but they have gills. =) Goldfishes do not have lungs. They have GILLS.
Absolutely. Everything that breathes air has lungs.
Monotremes are mammals; therefore they have lungs, not gills.
A amphibian has neither lungs or gills
how do anteaters breth gills or lungs
gills.
Lobsters have gills.
They have gills.