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Aquatic animals utilise for their respiration the ______ oxygen.


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Dissolved oxygen:

  1. The oxygen in the water is in the dissolved form and the aquatic animals utilise this same dissolved oxygen of water in their environment for respiration.
  2. They inhale the dissolved oxygen through the gills that internally comprise blood vessels.

Final answer: Aquatic animals utilise for their respiration the dissolved oxygen.


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