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A dolphin nostrils are actually located on it's back, and is called a blowhole. A dolphin swims to the surface, pushes it's back to the air, and breathes in. Now it has fresh air. Dolphins are evolved to be very efficient at using oxygen, so they do not have to get air very often.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoone it lives it water
two mostly tiny fish depending if there fresh water dolphins or they live in the sea
three um again they live in the sea,that there shelter
four they go up and get there air...
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∙ 12y agoBy swimming up to the surface then breathing throw its blow hole.
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∙ 8y agoLike all other mammals, dolphins use oxygen in their bodies; they do not get it from their bodies.
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What is one feature a dolphin has?
One feature of a dolphin is its blowhole. The blowhole is the way a dolphin breathes oxygen in and lets out carbon dioxide.
What does a dolphin need for survival?
oxygen, a dolphin can only hold their breath up to seven min.
What is the function of the dolphin heart?
The function of the dolphin heart is to move blood and oxygen through the tissues and organs of the animal. Without a heart, the dolphin would be unable to survive.
Abiotic factors of a bottlenose dolphin?
water, sunlight, temperature, and oxygen
How many gills does a dolphin have?
Silly rabbit dolphins don't have fins. They get their oxygen from the air they breathe like you or me.
Do whales and dolphin have gills for respiration if no explain the process of respiration?
They have mouths and lungs. They breath oxygen from the air.
What eats mangroves?
oxygen (air) and water
Do octopuses come to the surface to breathe?
No, they aren't a mammal like a whale or dolphin so they breathe using the oxygen in the water.
What are some of the physiological adaptation of a dolphin?
These adaptations enable a dolphin to conserve oxygen. Dolphins, like other marine mammals, have a slower heart rate while diving.
What happens when we don't have enough oxygen in our bodies?
we die, and then the dolphin in my head goes into hyper-drive mode, and kick obama's ass
What is the size of a dolphin the dolphin is about 30 lb?
no a dolphin is about 150lbs but depends if you have a baby dolphin or a adolt dolphin and there is your dolphin anser bey
What are the names of 5 different types of dolphin?
I'll give you the 32 types the Bottlenose dolphin, the Killer Whale, the Common dolphin, the False Killer Whale, the Hector's dolphin, the Short-Finned Pilot Whale, the Commerson's dolphin, the Long-Finned Pilot Whale, the Black dolphin, the Atlantic Humpbacked dolphin, the Haeviside's dolphin, the Indo-Pacific Humpbacked dolphin, the Southern Right Whale dolphin, the Tucuxi, the Northern Right dolphin, the Pygmy Killer Whale, the Spotted dolphin, the Melon-Headed Whale, the Atlantic Spotted dolphin, the Irrawaddy dolphin, the Striped dolphin, the Rough-Toothed dolphin, the Spinner dolphin, the Risso's dolphin, the Clymene dolphin, the Fraser's dolphin, the White-Beaked dolphin, the Peale's dolphin, the Atlantic White-Sided dolphin, the Hourglass dolphin, the Pacific White-Sided dolphin and the Dusky dolphin.
