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oxygen absorption

Gills

September 15, 2017 by abby

Someone may tell you that you look “green around the gills” when you look ill but the expression doesn’t translate well to fish gills… No matter if a fish is sick or not, fish gills are often red – blood red, to be exact.  That is because gills have blood vessels very close to their … [Read more…]

Posted in: G Tagged: breathing, gas exchange, gill lamellae, oxygen absorption

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