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SteveGills are specialized organs adapted for extracting oxygen from water, not air. They are not efficient for breathing on land due to their structure and function. Animals with gills typically rely on other respiratory adaptations, such as lungs or skin, to breathe air when out of water.
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Do sloths have gills?
No, sloths do not have gills. They are mammals and breathe air through their lungs like other mammals.
What is their function of the gills in a fish?
It filters the water out. Basically the 'breath in' water and take the oxygen from it and the water filters out through the gills
Why cannot fish survive outside the water?
There is not enough Oxygen in the air for the fish to breath. Water has just the right amount of air (O2) that the fish need and in the right proportions. Fish breath in water with gills. Water is capable to holding within it a very large amount of Oxygen. So it is super-concentrated. But the O2 in our air is far less concentrated then in water, so the fish try to gulp the air through and into their gills, but the gills cannot easily find or absorb the O2 from the regular, unpressurized air.
What type of animals begin life with gills but later grow lungs?
Amphibians, such as frogs and salamanders, begin life with gills for underwater breathing and later develop lungs to breathe on land as they mature. This transition from gills to lungs is part of their metamorphosis process.
How do gills function during respiration?
! Fish take oxygen from the water by swallowing water (H20) into their mouths, but they don't take down their throats instead they force the water through their gills where blood in the gills soaks up the oxygen from the water.
