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Do whales have lungs

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Humpback whales breathe air by using their lungs. They can only breathe in when their blowhole is above the surface of the water. When they exhale, you can see a spout of warm moist air shoot upwards from their blowhole.

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Whales breathe through a blowhole at the top of the head which has evolved from the nasal passage

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Whales breath out of their blow holes on their heads.

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Since they are mammals, they breathe with lungs

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They can't. Whales have lungs, and have to Surface to Breathe. Thye hold their breath while diving.

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Whales have lungs.

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