Zoology or Animal Biology
Otters
Semi-Aquatic Mammals
How do otters survive in the water?
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Wiki User
05/05/2008
Fish use gills, which extracts oxygen from the water.
Amphibians and whales breath oxygen, whales can hold their breath for hours at a time, explaining how sperm whales can hunt at great depths for periods of time.
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