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Gills are organs in which carbon dioxide from the animal is exchanged for oxygen in the water.
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∙ 13y agoIt's the equivalent to the human lung. (how some underwater animals breathe)
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∙ 10y agoGills extract oxygen from the water much like how human lungs extract oxygen from the air. They are how a fish "breathes."
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∙ 10y agoTo help them breathe.
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∙ 12y agoTo breathe. . .They live UNDERWATER
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