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Can dolphins breathe air above water or do they have to breathe under water?
No mammals can breathe underwater. All mammals, including sea mammals, must breathe above the surface of the water. This is why marine mammals such as dolphins and whales frequently come to the surface.
Why do dolphins blow water from their blow holes?
To breathe
Can a dolphin breathe in and out of air and water?
Dolphins are mammals. They breathe air with lungs, pretty much just like you and I. They can't breathe water. When they dive they hold their breath.
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.
Why are dolphins and salmon two different taxonomic classes?
Salmon are fish- they breathe water, and lay eggs. Dolphins are mammals- they breathe air, give live birth to baby dolphins, and nurse their babies. Two totally different animals- they just both happen to live in water.
What does a dolphin use to breathe under water?
They don't. Dolphins have lungs, and have to Surface to Breathe. Thye hold their breath while diving.
Differences between sharks and dolphins?
Dolphins breathe with lungs while sharks breathe with gills.
Why can't dolphins breathe underwater?
dolphins are mammals, not fish. They have lungs, not gills, and breathe air.
How are dolphins are classified?
Dolphins are mammals. They breathe air.
How do spinner dolphins breathe?
They breathe through their blowhole.
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.
Can a dolphin breath under water?
Dolphins can't breathe underwater because they are mammals. They go to the surface to breathe and then hold their breath while underwater
