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What do turtles use their lungs for?
They use them to breathe with, to get oxygen from the air.
Do Sea Turtles breathe oxygen?
turtles do not breathe under water,they have to keep going up so that they can breath. But once turtles get all the oxygen they need, they can hold it for a long time under water but i don't know why.But when they need to breath they continue to go up and the cycle continues
Do turtles breathe with their lungs?
Yes, but some species can also breathe through their anus.
Can turtles breathe on land?
Turtles have lungs - not gills. They breathe just fine in air, on land.
Do you breathe in or breathe out oxygen?
Humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Trees "breathe" out oxygen.
Can Turtles breathe through their butts?
Yes. Although turtles breathe using their lungs like most animals, they also have a pair of sacs located within their butt, that take in water, and extract oxygen from it. So, they are capable of "breathing through their butts". Only a very few turtle species can do this.
Can common snapping turtles breathe underwater?
No. Turtles do not have gills so they have to come to the surface of the water to breathe.
Do water turtles breathe under water?
No they do not breathe under water. They have lungs. Aquatic turtles such as the red - eared slider can hold their breath for 3 - 4 hours.
How do turtles breathe in water or not?
Turtles live in the water. How can they not breath in what they live in?!
Do you breathe in oxygen or carbon dioxide?
You breathe in oxygen.
Can turtles breath underwater?
A turtle needs air to breathe. Some turtles can slow their metabolism, allowing them to sleep underwater, but it must come up to the surface of the water in order to breathe. It can hold it's breath and stay underwater awhile, but it must surface to breathe or it will drown. Turtles cannot breathe underwater because they do not have gills, like fish - they have lungs, much like human lungs. Some aquatic turtles such as the red-eared slider can hold their breath for 3-4 hours, which might make you think that they are breathing underwater, but they really are not.
Do you breathe in oxygen?
Yes you do. See we breathe in oxygen and we breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants are the opposite. They breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. We give them carbon dioxide and they give us oxygen!! That's how we breathe!!!!!!!
