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When we go underwater, we have to fill our lungs with air in order to stay under the water. Whales and dolphins also have lungs and also have to resurface in order to spend any length of time under the water. Fish on the other hand don't have lungs and very rarely rise to the top of the water, so just how do they survive?
As you probably already know, fish have gills. The water around the fish produces a tiny amount of oxygen. In order for the fish to be able to stay under the water he needs to be able to take in oxygen. The fish's gills do just this. They filter the oxygen in the water and this enables the fish to be able to breathe in water.
If you take a fish out of the water, it will die of suffocation. This is because the oxygen in the air has not been filtered through its gills and the fish can't breathe it in properly.
When you find your goldfish lying dead on the top of its bowl, it has probably suffocated from a lack of oxygen because they oxygen has been used up by some other means such as bacteria. So always make sure you clean Jaws' bowl out regularly!
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 10y agoWhen you have a stream or water fall like thing water captures oxygen, plants will also release oxygen into the water, when water go's into the fishes gills the fish will get oxygen, even when there is not a stream like thing, lower amounts of oxygen can get into the water.
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∙ 13y agoWhen fish surface they breathe in air from their gills.
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∙ 8y agoThe gills have an extremely large surface area. They have lots of tiny plate-like structures called lamellae.
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∙ 11y agoBy getting oxygen dissolved in water
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What does the fish breath with?
All fish breath through their gills, there is oxygen in water, as such, they take the oxygen through their gills.
How do fish absorb oxygen from water?
Fish can absorb water by the gills
Are there animals that really breathe fire?
Fish breathe oxygen, which they extract from the water with their gills.
What is drawn fish?
If you mean drown then no, fish have gills that extract oxygen from the water as it passes Through their gills but they suffocate when the flow of water stops passing through the gills or there is a lack of oxygen in the water or when brought out of the water
How do fish breathe in water?
Most organisms, except for some such as anaerobic bacteria, respire oxygen. Fish have gills, gills have the ability to take the oxygen out of the molecule H2O.Fish have gills, which filter out the oxygen from the water. However, they can't breath out of water.A fish doesn't have lungs, it has gills, so it doesn't breathe in water really.Fish breathe under water by using their GILLSto surviveGills pull oxygen from the water but they can't breathe out of the water because the other chemicals in the air.
Fish can extract oxygen from water using what?
Fish have lamellae in their gills. As the water flows through the gills and over the lamellae, the oxygen is extracted from the water.
What do fish breathe with?
Fish have gills, as they swim water passes over the gills and extract oxygen from the water.
Were do fish get there air from?
Fish pass water over their 'gills' the gills extract oxygen from the water.
How do fish take in oxygen?
The fishes gills are like filters. when water goes in a fish's mouth, it goes through the gills, which filter out the oxygen.
What does the fish breath with?
All fish breath through their gills, there is oxygen in water, as such, they take the oxygen through their gills.
What does gills help fish do?
Fish use gills to extract oxygen from the water passing over the gills.
What do clams use for respiration?
Oysters have gills. They absorb oxygen from the water.
How do fish absorb oxygen from water?
Fish can absorb water by the gills
Do fish need to breahe under water?
Fish process the oxygen in the water through their gills. They suck in water and as they push the water out of their gills, the gills retain the air. This is why fish tank require pumps; to circulate the water and create oxygen.
How do fish get air?
they dont. Oxygen in the water through there gills
Does Nemo have oxygen?
Fish get oxygen from the water using their gills
When water passes through the gills of fish the fish get what?
Oxygen
