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Spleens are basically blood cleaners. They don't do the same thing as a kidney by removing nitrogenous wastes. Instead they have white blood cells that destroy old red blood cells. They also add new blood cells to the blood (in some animals). They basically take away the "trash" of old RBCs.
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