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According to : www.wikipedia.org/wiki/spiracles
"Spiracles are small openings on the surface of some animals that usually lead to respiratory systems."
In fish, such as sharks & rays these openings are used to allow the animal to 'rest'. They pump air across the gills when the animal is still.
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Why are spiracles important?
Function of spiracles for sharks
Why do insects have spiracles?
it have spiracles so it can breathe. like a boss
What is an example of an organism with spiracles?
spiracles are the breathing apparatus of insects.
What is the job of the spiracles on an insect?
The insect uses its spiracles to breathe through instead of their mouth.
Do stick insects have spiracles?
All insects have spiracles. This is how they breathe because they do not have lungs like vertebrates do!
How many spiracles does a butterfly have?
Butterflies have nine pairs of spiracles. These are pores open to the air and tracheae which carry air through the body of an insect. Spiracles are located on the abdomen and thorax.
Where are the spiracles located on a dragonfly?
Spiracles are used by grasshoppers for respiration. Air is taken in throught the spiracles and filtered by hairs in tubes called tracheae. The trachea branch out through the body eventually ending in Tracheoles where the oxygen is distributed to cells and carbon dioxide is taken out and back throught the trachea and exits the body through the spiracles
Do crab have spiracles?
bum
Does a cricket have a spiracles?
yes
Where are the spiracles on an ant?
head
What do insects use their Spiracles for?
They breathe through it
What is spiracles?
Spiracles are holes that are sometimes found in an animalâ??s trachea, to help them breathe. They are found on stingrays and some insects.
