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Do Blue Whales breathe air?
Well of course. Everything does
How can blue whales breathe under water?
They don't. Whales breathe with lungs, just like you and I. When they dive, they hold their breath. But they're far better at that than the average human.
Why cant the blue whale breathe under water?
Blue whales are mammals. They breathe air with lungs, pretty much just like you and I. When they dive, they hold their breath.
Do blue whales breathe in water or do they not?
Blue whales - like all whales - have lungs and can't breathe under water. When they dive they hold their breath. The only kinda-sorta exception is the whale Shark. But it's only called "whale" because of its size. It's a Shark - a fish - and it breathes with gills.
Could whales breathe in water?
whales can breathe underwater that is why they live in water but sometimes they have to come up to breathe like fish
Do blue whales breath under water?
Mammals don't breathe under water. They hold their breath like you or I would...except their lungs are gigantic and they can hold their breath for hours. No they don't. Whales are mammals and thus need to breathe like most mammals do. In order to breathe, whales have blow holes on their heads. They come up to the surface of the water, bring their blow hole out of the water, open it and take in air, and then go back under water again. No basically.
Why do whales need to breathe air despite living in water?
Whales need to breathe air because they are mammals, like humans, and require oxygen to survive. Even though they live in water, they have lungs and need to come to the surface to breathe.
Why does the blue whale have a blowhole?
Blue Whales are mammals. They need to breathe under water just the way all other of its family members need to. Blowholes are its Nostrils that are located on the top of whale's head.Blowholes are covered by muscular flaps that keep water from entering them when the whale is under water. Blowholes keep them stay underwater for long time as they cannot breathe with their mouth..
What does whales are mammals mean?
It means that whales are warm blooded like us humans. Whales have breath with there lungs. Unlike fish, whales do not remove oxygen from the water but breathe air directly. This means a whale must come to the surface of the water at regular intervals to breathe.
Can whales breathe though their gills?
No,they have a blowhole that breathes AIR not WATER.
What whales have a blowhole?
All whales have blow holes to breathe, also to spurt out the water they suck in when eating plankton.
Do whales have lungs?
Humpback whales breathe air by using their lungs. They can only breathe in when their blowhole is above the surface of the water. When they exhale, you can see a spout of warm moist air shoot upwards from their blowhole.
