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Hippos have lungs, just like you and I. And lungs don't work if you try to breathe water.
When diving they hold their breath..
To breathe water, an animals need gills - like a fish - or some similar structure.
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Do penguins breathe under water?
no, they cant stupid
Why can't you breathe underwater to say alive?
The reason you cant breathe under water is because people is made to breathe oxygen, water composes oxygen.
Why cant you live under water?
cause you don't have gills but we have lungs to breathe the oxygen in water
Who will win fight between a hippo and elephant?
the hippo because when the hippo go into the water the elephant cant go because it cant swim
Do mammals have gills and can mammals breathe under water?
mammals cant breathe underwater only some of them like a beaver and the family...
Why humans don't breath under water?
they cant breathe because if we do we can drink the water and possibly choke and die.
Why cant animals on land breathe under water and animals in the water cant breathe on land?
From what I know about chemical compunds, there is too much H (Hydrogen) in water for land animals to breathe as there is none in air, or close to it. Also, it doesn't include Argon or Nitrogen.For their counterpart, Water animals can not breathe air(Except for dolphins and lung fish) because they do not reach a sufficient amount of Hydrogen. That's my guess anyway.
Will goldfish suffocate out of water?
Yes. goldfish breathe water so if a goldfish is out of water it cant breathe so it will suffocate
Why cant you breathe the oxygen in the crust?
the majority of oxygen is found in water therefore you cannot breathe the oxygen in water
Why are you not a fish?
Because fish have gills, and breathe water- and I cant!
If babies can breathe in water in your belly then why cant we breathe under water?
Babies don't breathe the water in the womb. Their mothers breathe for them, and supply them with oxygen through the umbilical cord. Babies don't start breathing until they are born. Humans, well no mammal can breathe water, because our lungs can't get any oxygen from it. Although they do the same job, gills work in a slightly different manner, which allows fish to get oxygen from the water the way we get it from the air.
How are fish adapted to water?
they arent because they cant breathe air
