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Fish have gills instead of lungs. In order to get as much oxygen as possible from the water, the gill must have a large and exposed surface area. Terrestrial animals have lungs, which are not directly exposed to air, and the body can sufficiently replenish any moisture lost from exhaling.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe animal world is basically divided into two groups when it comes to breathing:
- -those who get their oxygen from the air. Air breathers, creatures with lungs.
- -those who get their oxygen from water. Water breathers, creatures with gills.
And just as lungs can't get oxygen from water, gills can't get oxygen from air.
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∙ 12y agoFishes die when they are taken out of water because just like how we suffocate in water when we drown fishes also suffocate in the air. The reason for this is that the gills i.e. their lungs, are stacked on top of each other which is known as the gill stacks. Without water the gill stacks all stick together preventing oxygen from entering. In addition the gills don't have a large enough surface area to get the amount of oxygen it needs to survive.
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∙ 6y agoFish need oxygen to live, just like humans. But while humans use their lungs to take in oxygen from the air, fish are designed to take oxygen from water. The water passes through a fish's mouth and over a set of gills, which absorb oxygen. Without lungs, a fish out of water is a fish without oxygen.
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∙ 13y agoThe gills become very close and oxygen doesn't get in.
There is a gap between the gills only when in water.
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∙ 9y agoIt is so because fish doesn't have lungs rather they have gills which use oxygen which are dissolved in water not in those oxygen which are dissolved in air.
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they cannot breathe out of water.
Why does a fish die when taken out of water?
it depends how long it stays out
Why do fish die when taken out of the water?
Fish, like us, need oxygen to live. However they have gills to taken oxygen from water, whereas we have lungs to take oxygen from the air. Therefore, when fish get taken out of the water, as they don't have lungs they have no way to take in oxygen, so they die.
Would a clown fish die if their not in salt water?
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A fish cannot survive if taken out of water?
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What fish in salt water die if you put it in the fresh water?
Most salt water fish will die if placed in fresh water.
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Will die
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Why does a fish die when you put it out of the water?
Fish have gills and they absorb the water of the sea, ocean or anyplace with water. It's just like air. Without air we would die. Without water fish would die.
How did a fish die?
water temperature can “shock” the fish and even cause them to die! The water PH and hardness are also critical; the sudden drastic change in either of them can cause fish to die. Gold fish Who's Is Die quickly
Can fish die in salt water?
Fish are not immortal, so they can in fact die anywhere.
