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Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

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Is dolphin and whale has gills or lungs?

Dolphins and whales are mammals so they don't have gills.


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Dolphins are mammals, not fish. And mammals breathe with lungs, not gills.


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Mammals have lungs, as do amphibians, reptiles, and birds. Fish are the only chordates that have gills rather than lungs.


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Do sea otters have gills?

Sea otters do not have gills because they are mammals.


What structure in fish performs the same function as lungs in mammals?

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Do mammals have lungs or gills to breath?

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What animal has gills for respiration?

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