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As other fishes, sharks breathe by extracting oxygen when seawater pass through their gills. Shark gills are just behind shark head and they are not specially covered like in most fish. Water pass thorough their gills while sharks are swimming making impossible for most of them to stay still as otherwise they would drown. This process is called ram ventilation. Links to other pages in this site Why Do People Kill Sharks? Why Is Mako Shark Endangered? How Does Global Warming Effect Sharks? How Many Teeth Does A Great White Shark Have? What Is A Group Of Sharks Called? |
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