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most fish get their air from the oxygen-saturated water, but certain breeds (like bettas) do well in water with a low amount of dissolved oxygen, because they have a special resperatory organ called the labyrinth that allows them to breathe at the waters surface- in fact, they inherently must do so... unless they want to go to fishie heaven :(
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe water contains gaseous oxygen which is absorbed by the gills as it passes over them.
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∙ 8y agoA fish extracts oxygen from the water that flows over its gills.
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∙ 12y agoFish get oxygen by passing water over their gills. The water contains trace amounts of oxygen the will bind to the hemoglobin in their blood cells.
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∙ 9y agoThey get oxygen from breathing in from their gills.
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Can a fish live out of water for months?
no, can you live under water for months with no oxygen. then think about fish they can live with out water.
How does a shark obtain oxygen?
Sharks are a fish. Fish have gills that extract oxygen directly from the water in which they live.
What fish need to live?
Food water oxygen
Why do fish live in pond?
They need water Fish can not process oxygen the same way mammels do. They get their oxygen throu molecules in the water.
How does a fish live in the water?
Because they have gills that allows them to take in oxygen from the water.
Fish Can live in sparkling water?
No, sparkling water is carbonated water, carbonated water contains carbon dioxide. Fish require oxygen.
Why can fish live in the pond?
Why do you live on land? Fish don't have lungs they have gills, when moving water is going through them the gills take the oxygen from the water and the fish breaths, no water = no oxygen = dead fish.
Why do fish die when taken out of the water?
Fish, like us, need oxygen to live. However they have gills to taken oxygen from water, whereas we have lungs to take oxygen from the air. Therefore, when fish get taken out of the water, as they don't have lungs they have no way to take in oxygen, so they die.
What is biological imortance of air dissolved in water?
Oxygen can be dissolved in water. This is biologically important because animals that live in the water, such as fish, need to get oxygen from the water to perform respiration and live.
Fish breathe what?
Fish, like all animals, require oxygen to live. They get their oxygen by filtering it out of the water using their gills, so you could say that they breathe water.
What organisms use gills to breathe oxygen?
A fish! Fish are the only animals with gills and most live in water.
Do fish live in the water?
Yes a fish can drown if they are kept in water completely devoid of oxygen and they are unable to get to the surface to desperately gasp for their lives. Fish breathe oxygen, not water, they filter oxygen out the water through their gills. If the water has no oxygen, they effectively suffocate.
