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Oxygen IS soluble in water... how else do you think the fishes are breathing?

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Oxygen has poor solubility in water. When you bubble the gas through water, it will exit water unchanged in form.

Fishes do not literally "breathe" underwater. The sea is rich in oxygen, when the fishes open their mouth, sea water rushes in. The gills will then open when the mouth closes.

When sea water exits from the fish's gill, oxygen is absorbed into the bloodstream via OSMOSIS by the blood vessels.

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