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Most organisms, except for some such as anaerobic bacteria, respire oxygen. Fish have gills, gills have the ability to take the oxygen out of the molecule H2O.
Fish have gills, which filter out the oxygen from the water. However, they can't breath out of water.
A fish doesn't have lungs, it has gills, so it doesn't breathe in water really.
Fish breathe under water by using their GILLS
to survive
Gills pull oxygen from the water but they can't breathe out of the water because the other chemicals in the air.
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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.
Are there animals that really breathe fire?
Fish breathe oxygen, which they extract from the water with their gills.
How do fish breath if there was no o2 in water?
Yes. The fish does not use its mouth to breathe. It uses its gills.
Can sharks breathe air?
No, sharks do not breathe air. They have gills that extract oxygen from the water as it flows over them, allowing them to extract oxygen from the water and breathe efficiently in their underwater habitat.
What do fish use to breathe?
Fish breathe through their gills. There are usually gills on either side of the pharynx. Gills have thread-like structures (filaments). These filaments exchange the oxygen and carbon dioxide.
How do fish breathe under water?
They use their gills to breathe under water.
Do saltwater bullheads breathe out of water?
No, saltwater bullheads are fish that require water to breathe using their gills. They do not have the ability to breathe out of water like some other species of fish.
What animals breath through gills?
Most fish do... unlike the betta fish they can breathe water and air. Dolphins and whales are an example of ones that breathe only air. Sharks, gold fish and other fish have to breathe water.
Why do fish live in water instead of land?
Fish have evolved to breathe in the water.
Why are you not a fish?
Because fish have gills, and breathe water- and I cant!
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 manta rays breathe out of water?
No, they are fish and must be in the ocean to breathe.
Why can fish breathe under water?
they have gills
What do American paddle fish breathe from?
WATER
Do fish breathe under water?
well yes they do 'breathe' underwater with their gills
Could whales breathe in water?
whales can breathe underwater that is why they live in water but sometimes they have to come up to breathe like fish
Why does a fish die when it is taken out of water?
they cannot breathe out of water.
