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? asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 9 years ago

Can Whales Drown In Water?

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  • 9 years ago
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    Yes, they can because they are mammals and don't have gills but have lungs. That is why they have a hole on their head called the blowhole. So when the whales have to breathe, they stick their blowhole out of the water and breathe in oxygen from the air.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Yes. They breathe air. They're mammals.

  • 9 years ago

    Yes, they can. They don't have gills, after all.

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