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All whales are mammals and need to breath air from the surface.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoBecause they are mammals, and mammals breathe with lungs, not gills. They are also not true whales, but are the largest dolphin species.
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How many lungs and gills does a killer whales have?
Killer whales are mammals and have two internal lungs. They are not fish, and therefore have no gills.
Do killer whales and salmon breathe through lungs?
Killer whales - Orcas - yes. Salmon - no. Salmon is a fish, fish use gills.
Why dont whales have gills?
Because they are mammals not fish
Do killer whales have lungs or gills?
Killer whales are aquatic mammals, they breathe through a single blow hole, which can be found on top of their heads. Like all mammals they have lungs, unlike fish which use gills to extract dissolved oxygen from water.
Why is a shark a fish and a whale is not?
Because fishes have gills whales dont.
Do killer whales smell?
they dont have olfactory lobes
Killer whales colors foodshelter and number of offspring?
what colors are Killer Whales what colors are Killer Whales what colors are Killer Whales
Can humans eat killer whales?
i dont think so but i am not 100% sure!!
How many times do killer whales breed?
killer whales breed on a regular bases. if u dont know what that means, they having sex.they breed every 3 hours.
What is the population of killer whales?
There are about 3000 killer whales in the world.
Why whales have lungs not gills?
Whales are mammals !
Are killer whales sharks or dolphins?
Killer whales are not sharks. Sharks are fish and have gills whereas a killer whale is a cetacean or a sea mammal and comes to the surface to breath air like us another thing is a shark moves its tail from side to side whereas a killer whale moves its tail up and down last of all sharks are coldblooded and killer whales are warm-blooded. Killer whales are actually dolphins and is the largest member of the family delphinidae a family of oceanic dolphins. One mistake people make about the killer whale is they say it is a whale because in its name is the word whale. But the killer whale is actually a dolphin the reason it is called a killer whale is because it has been seen hunting and killing whales.
