Is a blowhole necessary for a dolphin's survival?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

Yes as the animal is not a reptile but a mammal so it needs oxygen which she gets from air above the ocean as she does not have gills it also uses it to remove water collected in its body

Wiki User

∙ 13y ago

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Do bottlenose dolphins have a blowhole when they are born?

Yes, like the adults, baby bottlenose dolphins have a blowhole.

Do dolphins smell out of there blowhole?

What does blowhole mean?

A blowhole is what whales and dolphins use to breathe air.

Does a dolphin breath with gills?

No dolphins breath with their blowhole that they have on top of their head.

Where is a dolphins blowhole located at?

On top of the head.

How do dolphins exchange gas?

They use their blowhole

How do spinner dolphins breathe?

They breathe through their blowhole.

How do pink dolphins get oxygen?

They Breathe, with lungs, through a blowhole, like all other Dolphins.

How does a dolphins blowhole help it survive in its ecosystem?

A dolphin's blowhole helps it breath while it is in the water.

What animal has a nostril blowhole located on top of its head?

whales and dolphins :)

Why do Dolphins have a blowhol?

The blowhole is where the dolphin breathes from. They don't have nostrils like you and me

Are whales and dolphins and porpoises mammals that breathe air?

yes by their blowhole