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A leopard shark has five gill slits on either side of its body. The gill slits are on the sides of the shark's head.
Pharyngeal slits are not gill slits. They are filter-feeding organs in non-vertebrates, and are used to strain matter and food from water.
gill slits
5 only two species have more than that six and sevegill sharks have well... 6 and 7 gills
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A leopard shark has five gill slits on either side of its body. The gill slits are on the sides of the shark's head.
so the shark can breath under water
The vast majority of the 500+ known species of shark have 5 gill slits, there are 4 species that have 6 gill slits and 2 species that have 7
The great white shark has 5 gill slits.
They are called gills!
by the gill slits
The tissue of the gill slits protrude making it look "frilled" in way. SuperSlasher
A shark is a fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, and may have five to seven gill slits, depending on the species.
· Sharp Vision· Wide head· 2 dorsal fins· 5 gill slits
Gill slits in sharks and rays help to funnel water into the gills, which empty into the pharynx and eventually the lungs.
sharks have to swim at all times. if they stop moving, no oxygen can pass through its gill slits for the shark to breathe.
Pharyngeal slits are not gill slits. They are filter-feeding organs in non-vertebrates, and are used to strain matter and food from water.