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Yes, dolphins are mammals and must surface for air to breathe. They have lungs and can't extract oxygen from water like fish do. Typically, dolphins surface every few minutes, but they can hold their breath for up to 15 minutes if needed. However, they eventually need to come up for air to survive.
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Can dolphins breath air?
Yes, dolphins are mammals and have to come up periodically to breathe air.
How are dolphins kind of fish?
Dolphins are not fish they are mammals or air breathing creatures that live underwater and come up for air like whales . ps.dolphins are part of the whale family
Do dolphins swim at the top or bottom of the ocean?
Dolphins, being mammals, swim near the surface of the ocean where they can come up for air regularly.
What is the difference between a fish and a dolphins breathing?
Most fish always have to stay in water. Dolphins come up to the ocean surface for a breath of hair. Dolphins breathe through their blowhole.
How do dolphins and whales breath under water?
They don't. Dolphins and whales breathe air just like we do. They can hold their breath for a long time, but they come up to the surface to breathe.
Do dolphins stay under water at all times?
No because they have a blow hole like a whale so they have to come up for air.
Do dolphins breath with lungs or gills?
Dolphins breathe with lungs. Because they have a blowhole on top of them.Dolphins are mammals and like other mammals they have lungs. They must come up for air periodically.with lungs or gills
Why do dolphins and whales have to come up to the surface to breath?
Dolphins go to the surface because they need air (oxygen) to breath and fish can air (oxygen) from the water.
How is Whale hunting done?
They corner them when they come up to get air and shoot spears out of spear guns to kill them. They also do this with dolphins but they corner them nearer the shore.
Why seals and dolphins go up to the surface of the water?
to get air
Why dolphins and whales do not have gills?
Dolphins and whales are mammals, not fish, so they do not have gills. They breathe air through blowholes on the top of their heads, just like humans breathe through their noses. This allows them to dive deep into the ocean and still come up to the surface to breathe.
Does a drowning person always come up for air 3 times before drowning?
No.
