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No, terrestrial animals do not respire with gills. Gills are respiratory organs found in aquatic animals that extract oxygen from water. Terrestrial animals typically respire using lungs or tracheal systems to extract oxygen from the air.

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What are some terrestrial animals?

Terrestrial animals are those animals that live almost all of their life on land. An example of some terrestrial animals include, cats, ants, dogs, and giraffe.


What animals have gills?

Animals that have gills include fish, some amphibians like tadpoles, and certain invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, and some insects in their larval stages. These gills enable these animals to extract oxygen from water for respiration.


What are some animals with gills that begin with the letter A?

fish


Can you list examples of animals which have gills?

Some examples of animals with gills are fish, tadpoles, and marine invertebrates like clams and jellyfish. Gills are respiratory organs that allow these animals to extract oxygen from water.


How does a crab respire?

If your imaginary critter is crablike, then I assume it's a crustacean, or at least some kind of terrestrial arthropod. You already know that crabs respire through gills, which work in water but not in air. However, your creature lives in sand dunes, so it'll need some kind of respiratory structure that does work on land. The land crab you mentioned, the red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) belongs to the family Gecarcinidae, all of which are terrestrial as adults. These animals still use gills for gas exchange. However, the chamber that encloses the gills (the branchial chamber) has become highly vascularized and acts as a lung. In other words, the gills hang in the branchial chamber as in "normal" crabs, but respiratory gas exchange occurs across the surface of the chamber itself as well as over the gills. Most of the terrestrial crabs live either in burrows or in shells (hermit crabs). The burrows protect the animals from predation, temperature extremes, and desiccation. Air-breathing animals can lose a lot of precious water via evaporation over their respiratory surfaces, so lungs and branchial chambers are usually enclosed structures with only a small opening to the outside. Living in a burrow gives a land crab additional protection against desiccation -- the air inside the burrow will be more humid than the air outside, and less subject to drying winds. The burrow also provides an air-filled pocket in the ground (or sand dune, in the case of your imaginary animal) so the crab can breathe. Your imaginary crablike animal could respire and live in a burrow as the gecarcinids do. It would most likely need to return to the sea to reproduce, though. Even the terrestrial red crab has a more or less coastal distribution, because females release their larvae into the ocean. I hope this answers your question. Have fun designing your critter! offei kwesi abela.k.a aSepso


What kind of vertebrates do snail is it amphibians yes or no if no write the correct answer?

A snail is an invertebrate gastropod mollusc. Some respire with a lung while sea snails have gills.


What types of organisms can respire?

All living organisms can respire in some form, including animals, plants, fungi, and even some bacteria. Respiration is the process by which organisms take in oxygen and produce carbon dioxide to generate energy for survival.


How can animals live in the ocean?

Some animals have gills and mammals go up to the surface for air


What is the Scientific term for animals that live on land?

Land animals are also called terrestrial animals, as opposed to sea organisms that are called marine organisms. Some animals are classified as terrestrial because they are predominantly on land, although they also live or hunt in the sea (e.g. penguins).


Do crabs breathe through their skins?

Crabs have gills. The underwater ones have larger gills than the terrestrial ones. Terrestrial crabs use the humidity in the air to breathe. this is why crabs live near water even if they are land dwellers. some crabs have very small and basic lungs but these cannot function without water and are usually attached to some sort of gill.


How can animals breathe?

There are several ways animals breathe. Most mammals, reptiles and birds use lungs to do so, while some amphibians and fish use gills. Some fish have an air bladder, which is kind of like a primitive lung and allows them to live in oxygen depleted bodies of water. Other amphibians and more primitive creatures can respire through their moist skin.


How does crab respired?

If your imaginary critter is crablike, then I assume it's a crustacean, or at least some kind of terrestrial arthropod. You already know that crabs respire through gills, which work in water but not in air. However, your creature lives in sand dunes, so it'll need some kind of respiratory structure that does work on land. The land crab you mentioned, the red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) belongs to the family Gecarcinidae, all of which are terrestrial as adults. These animals still use gills for gas exchange. However, the chamber that encloses the gills (the branchial chamber) has become highly vascularized and acts as a lung. In other words, the gills hang in the branchial chamber as in "normal" crabs, but respiratory gas exchange occurs across the surface of the chamber itself as well as over the gills. Most of the terrestrial crabs live either in burrows or in shells (hermit crabs). The burrows protect the animals from predation, temperature extremes, and desiccation. Air-breathing animals can lose a lot of precious water via evaporation over their respiratory surfaces, so lungs and branchial chambers are usually enclosed structures with only a small opening to the outside. Living in a burrow gives a land crab additional protection against desiccation -- the air inside the burrow will be more humid than the air outside, and less subject to drying winds. The burrow also provides an air-filled pocket in the ground (or sand dune, in the case of your imaginary animal) so the crab can breathe. Your imaginary crablike animal could respire and live in a burrow as the gecarcinids do. It would most likely need to return to the sea to reproduce, though. Even the terrestrial red crab has a more or less coastal distribution, because females release their larvae into the ocean. I hope this answers your question. Have fun designing your critter! offei kwesi abela.k.a aSepso