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Turtles can actually hold their breath up to 3 to 5 months. In the winter turtles hibernate under the waters mud.
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How long can turtles hold their breathe for?
About 2-3 seconds
Do water turtles breathe under water?
No they do not breathe under water. They have lungs. Aquatic turtles such as the red - eared slider can hold their breath for 3 - 4 hours.
What helps turtles breathe under water?
Turtles don't breathe under water. They've got lungs - not gills. They hold their breath when they dive.
What organism can hold it's breathe for a long time?
Hippos Penguins Whales Dolphins Manatee Marine Iguana Alligator/Crocodile Turtles
Does sea snakes and turtles breathe with lungs?
All turtles have lungs - not gills. They hold their breath when they dive.
Can turtles breath underwater?
A turtle needs air to breathe. Some turtles can slow their metabolism, allowing them to sleep underwater, but it must come up to the surface of the water in order to breathe. It can hold it's breath and stay underwater awhile, but it must surface to breathe or it will drown. Turtles cannot breathe underwater because they do not have gills, like fish - they have lungs, much like human lungs. Some aquatic turtles such as the red-eared slider can hold their breath for 3-4 hours, which might make you think that they are breathing underwater, but they really are not.
How long can sea turtles hold their breath under water?
About 500 years.
Can painted turtles breathe underwater?
No, they have to surface to breathe. They can go a long time between breaths though.
Can sea turtles breath underwater?
Turtles don't breathe under water. They've got lungs - not gills. They hold their breath when they dive.
Can a turtle breathe in water?
Turtles breath air. But they can hold their breaths in water for a good amount of time.
Can penquins breathe underwater?
no but they can hold their breathe for long periods of time
Do Sea Turtles breathe oxygen?
turtles do not breathe under water,they have to keep going up so that they can breath. But once turtles get all the oxygen they need, they can hold it for a long time under water but i don't know why.But when they need to breath they continue to go up and the cycle continues
