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Does a whale shark breathe from oxygen?
Like all sharks ( like fish), whale sharks breathe through gills which extract oxygen from the water.
Why whale dive out of water?
To breath more freely in open air. Percentage of oxygen in water is less for big creatures like whale. Therefore, sometimes they come out of water for more oxygen.
Why does the blue whale live near the surface?
It's because the blue whale is a mammal that lives in the water, and needs the oxygen in the air to breathe.
The people of Afghanistan depend on for their livelihood?
oxygen, water, nutrients, the occasional fllying whale.
Why does whale need to rise regulary to the surface of water?
A whale uses a respitory system to acquire oxygen, so a whale needs to rise to the surface to inhale more air, so that it's cells can continue to live.
How do blow holes help the whale?
DO YOU SERIOUSLY NOT KNOW THIS?!?!? It's because they need it to breathe in oxygen.
How does a whale hold its breath?
Whales don't breath underwater.They hold their breath underwater instead.Whales are mammals like us.They have lungs like us so they need to breath air above the water like we do. A whale can hold it's breath for up to half an hour underwater and thats only because it's lungs are huge.Our lungs only partly fill with air.A whale uses it's blowhole to breathe in air and when you see water spurting from a whale blowhole thats just the water vapour from the whale's lungs and any water around the blowhole.they need oxygen like us.If we didn't get oxygen we will die.
Is the spout of a whale at the top or bottom?
Also known as the blowhole, it is on the top of the head. It's where they take in and release oxygen.
What is a similarity in the respiration of the whale and the guppy?
The resparatory system between fish and human is very different in its physical sense, but the need for oxygen is the same. Fish inhale oxygen rich H2O and their gills divide the water from the oxygen. Fish gills expell all other components except oxygen. Humans enhale air and our lungs divide all other components and expell it except oxygen.
Which is not a mammal a whale or human?
Both are mammals, as both are warm blooded, need oxygen to survive, and give live birth.
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 happens if you swim into a whale sharks mouth?
yay. whale sharks dont have teeth, they only eat small sea animals. and its mouth is big enough, probz youll be able to swim back out if your not runnin out of oxygen.
