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Why do your fresh water fish have open mouths?
Not all freshwater fish have permanently open mouths. In fact, very few of them do. But the reason they open their mouths so often is they have to do it to breathe. They suck in water and pass it over their gill fillaments (like our lungs) where Oxygen is taken in and Carbon dioxide etc is passed out.
Why do some fish swim with their mouths open?
Some fish swim with their mouths open to help them breathe better. By opening their mouths, they can take in more water and extract oxygen from it as it passes over their gills. This can be especially helpful in low-oxygen environments or when they are swimming at high speeds.
Why do sharks swim with their mouth open?
Many fish swim with their mouths open. They swim with their mouths open because the water goes into their mouths and out their gills, which is how they breathe.
Where did the expression fish out of water come from?
Their mouths lap open and their eyes freeze they jump about looking for the water.
Could a fish survive without opening and closing there mouths?
No. If they didn't open and close their mouths, water couldn't flow through their body, and then out their gills. Thus, they wouldn't survive.
How does a hippo brush its teeth?
hippos open their mouths and the cleaner wrasses (a fish) comes and eats all the bacteria
What do mantaray eat?
Manta rays primarily feed on plankton, small fish, and other invertebrates. They glide through the water with their mouths open to filter out their prey from the water. They are filter feeders, which means they consume tiny organisms by swimming with their mouths open to catch food.
Where are fish mouths located on the fish?
In the front.
Why do fish open their mouth?
Most fish will open and close their mouths mostly because they are sucking up mico algaes they do this as well by picking up gravel sucking off the the algae and spitting them back out.
Why do walruses sniff to find food?
They open there mouths like whales and go in the water. Its basically a fish net that a walrus has.
Do star fish have mouths?
yes
Do fish have mouths or gills?
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