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swallow plenty of sea water to increase amount of water in the body

have chloride secretory cells in their gills to remove excess salts

few glomeruli thus slow filtration rate in the kidneys

eliminate nitrogenous wastes in form of trimethylamine oxide which requires little water for elimination.

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