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How do fish breathe underwater?
Fish breathe underwater using their gills. As water passes over their gills, oxygen is absorbed from the water and carbon dioxide is released. This process allows fish to extract oxygen from the water and breathe efficiently.
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.
Snapping sea and box are types of what reptile?
They are all types of turtles : the snapping turtle, sea turtle, and box turtle.
Do you need to have gills to breathe underwater?
Yes, you do need gills to breathe underwater. Gills process the water through them that makes the water allowed to go through the animal's body without drowning them. Gills are the only thing that keep the animals that live underwater, alive. they also don't make you breath the air in-you breath the oxygen in the water!
How long can turtles breathe under water?
Feeding snapping turtles can stay underwater for a few hours. They can stay under so long because they do not need to burn oxygen to make their own heat because they are cold-blooded. Metabolizing oxygen at a very low rate is the key to a turtle's ability to stay underwater for long periods. For example, during winter hibernation, a turtle will bury himself in the mud at the bottom of a pond or lake. The water surrounding the turtle will remain at about 39 degrees F and will not freeze, allowing the turtle to extract oxygen from the water. The turtle's heart will only beat one time every 10 minutes during hibernation.Please sight a reference before putting inane remarks here. Snapping turtles are a fascination of of mine because of their unique pulmonary systems (easily the most efficient in the world).
How turtle can breath under water?
Turtles have lungs, not gills. They don't breathe underwater. When they dive, they hold their breath.
Can turtles breathe upside dwn underwater?
No, of course not. If a turtle is upside-down underwater, it means that it is drowning. At those times, you must save them quickly before they drown.
How to breathe underwater in Minecraft?
you can't breathe underwater
Is there a tribe that can breathe underwater"?
No, there is no known tribe that can breathe underwater.
Can the Arctic fox breathe underwater?
No, the arctic fox cannot breathe underwater.
Is it safe to keep a box turtle you find outside?
i found a box turtle in VA and i kept mine and she is thriving just give the turtle a large habitat but not a aquarium turtles will try to break the glass and injure their snout and wont be able to breathe.
Can you breathe underwater in Utah?
Without proper equipment no human can breathe underwater anywhere.
Can garden snails breathe underwater?
No, garden snails cannot breathe underwater as they require air to breathe. They have lungs and need to surface to breathe air.
What reptile is similar to a sea turtle?
Land Turtle because a sea turtle can breathe under water and a land turtle can not breathe under water. So similar to the sea turtle is a land turtle.
Can somebody be made to breathe underwater?
Of course not. Humans are only able to breathe underwater for a few seconds.
What family is the box turtle in?
The Box turtle Family is Emydidae
What enchantment will help you breathe underwater in minecraft?
The enchantment, Respiration, will help you breathe underwater. Not only that, but it makes your vision clearer while swimming underwater.
