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They breathe through their blow holes.
A killer whale breathes through a single blowhole on top of its head. •
The blowhole is relaxed in a closed position. To open the blowhole, a killer whale contracts the muscular flap covering the blowhole. •
A whale holds its breath below water. •
A killer whale opens its blowhole and begins to exhale just before reaching the surface of the water. • At the surface, the whale quickly inhales and closes the muscular flap.
Orcas Breathe with lungs. They take in air at the surface of the water through a blowhole located near the top of the head.
Orcas are mammals, so they can not get air from the water with gills. Instead they have a hole on the top of their head called a blow hole. Toothed whales have 1. Baleen whales have 2. Orcas are toothed whales so of course they have 1. Baleen whales have their holes right next to each other, and they only breath through 1. Orcas like all whales and dolphins can close their blow holes before going under water. When the whale comes up to breath, it blow out the air and takes another breath. Sailors used to tell what kind of whale they were looking at by the height and angle of the blow. As the air comes out, so does some water that was on top of its blowhole. When an orca breaths it looks like it is shooting up a fountain of mist!
The killer whale, like other dolphins and whales, has a blowhole on the top of its head which it breaths through while surfaced in the water.
Orcas breath through their blowhole, which is at the top of their head. When they breath through it, you can see mist shoot up into the air.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 7y agoThey don't.
Orcas are mammals, they Breathe with lungs, through a blowhole on the top of their heads.
They've become very good at holding their breath when diving, but they must Surface to Breathe quite often.
Orcas can't breathe under water. They're Mammals, have lungs, breathe air and have to hold their breath when diving.
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∙ 6y agoOrcas are mammals and Breathe air with lungs
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∙ 12y agoI'm afraid Orcas do not have gills, they have lungs because they are mammals and breathe in air through their blow hole.
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∙ 11y agoThey breathe air from the ocean
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Are killer whales fishes?
No, killer whales, also known as orca, are porpoises and breathe air and are thus mammals.
How do orca whales get thire oxygen?
all sea mammals including whales surface to breathe in air before diving
Do Blue Whales breathe air?
Well of course. Everything does
How can whales breathe in the sea?
Whales Breathe air, with lungs. They have to Surface to Breathe, and hold their breath while diving
Do whales and fish breathe air with lungs?
Whales breathe with lungs, and fish use gills.
Do whales breathe into their lungs?
Whales breath air using their lungs.
Do whales have to breathe air to survive?
Yes, whales are mammals. As are dolphins and humans.
Why should you save endangered orca whales?
Why should we save orca whales
How are mites and whales alike?
They both breathe air...
Are killer whales whales or dolphines?
Killer whales also know as Orca Whales or just Orca are whales belonging to the Oceanic dolphin Family.
Which type of whale hunts in group to catch its prey?
Orca Whales some people might known them as Killer Whales. The Killer Whales or The Orca Whales hunt in groups called "Pods".
How do orca whales meet its basic needs?
Orca Whales meet its basic needs by hunting in a pod for food (seals, sea walruses, sea lions, and even large whales and sharks!) They get oxygen when they pull their head above the water to breathe. The whales have the beautiful ocean/earth to live in. That's all the needs they need and have met|!
