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How do cows breathe?

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Yes, but not as a waste gas during exhalation. Atmospheric air breathed in by the cow is ~21% oxygen. The cow can remove up to about 5% oxygen, so when exhaling the air from the lungs is about 16% oxygen.

Another opinion:When exhaled, oxygen binds with carbon to form carbon dioxide, which is expelled as a "waste" gas. So in a way, yes cows do release oxygen when breathing, but not in the O2 form we are familiar with that is in the atmosphere and what plants expel during the process of photosynthesis.
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Nothing can breathe in space - without a survival suit !

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Through their noses.

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No. They breathe through their noses.

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