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Gills

Gills

Gills are what fish use to breath underwater. They pull dissolved oxygen out of the water the same way we pull oxygen out of the air.

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  1. Is it true that some people are born with gills?

    Human embryos develop gill slits, but then development stops ...

  2. How many pairs of gills does a squid have?

    Squids belong to the group of mollusks called cephalopods. A ...

  3. Do eels have lungs or gills?

    Eels, like fish, breath with the use of gills and not lungs. ...

  4. What In fishes with gills oxygen-rich water enters through the?

    Fish exchange gases by pulling oxygen-rich water through thei...

  5. Do daphnia have gills?

    Daphnia (or Daphnids) are members of a collection of animals ...

  1. How does gas exchange occur at the gills?

    The gills are filled with tiny feather like folds of tissue w...

  2. Do babies have gills while in the womb?

    There is a stage in the early human embryo development whereb...

  3. How do gills work?

    Gills have a bed of very small blood vessels with thin walls ...

  4. What helps direct water over the gills?

    Clams feed with a siphon. In-flowing water is pumped through ...

  5. Do eels have gills?

    Yes eels have gills, some varieties can also absorb oxygen th...

  1. What advantage to a clam are gills with many feathery projections on their surface?

    The feathery appendages on the gills of a clam help to filter...

  2. Who discovered the function of fish gills?

    Gills usually consist of thin filaments of tissue, branches, ...

  3. What is a deer with gills called?

    It really is not a deer, it is a semi-aquatic antelope, Cetaf...

  4. Is it true that some people are born with gills?

    Human embryos develop gill slits, but then development stops ...

  5. Do fetuses have gills?

    Yes, In the reptile and the human embryos, the pharyngeal gil...

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  1. Do sharks have gills?

    Yes. Sharks have 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of their head...

  2. Do frogs have gills?

    Most frogs loose their gills when they metaorphise. Frogs bre...

  3. Do whale's have gills?

    Whales do not have gills, they have lungs. All whales take ai...

  4. What do wild blue gills eat?

    Bluegills will eat insects, worms, small minnows and crayfish...

  5. Do humans have gills in their lungs?

    No, but some species have internal gills, which function like...

  1. Do babies have gills and tails when they are in the womb?

    No, the human fetus never develops gills, tail or a yolk sac....

  2. Do frogs have gills?

    Most frogs loose their gills when they metaorphise. Frogs bre...

  3. Do babies have gills?

    There is a stage in the early human embryo development whereb...

  4. Do tadpoles have gills?

    Yes, ordinary tadpoles have gills. During the tadpole stage t...

  5. Why do fish have gills?

    All fish have gills which absorb oxygen from the water into t...

  1. What do wild blue gills eat?

    Bluegills will eat insects, worms, small minnows and crayfish...

  2. Do crabs have gills?

    Yes, they do indeed. Crustaceans respirate via gills, located...

  3. What are fish gills made of?

    A fish's respiratory system is determined primarily by the fa...

  4. Do penguins have gills?

    Penguins do not have gills, they have lungs. They hold their ...

  5. Do humans have gills?

    There is a stage in the early human embryo development whereb...

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