i mean if a whale is in the water to long will it drown
2006-09-18 14:44:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
yes, like every mammal
funny, isn't it?
2006-09-18 14:53:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose so. It is a mammal and breaths air. It has no gills. Theoretically, if it was unable to resurface in a reasonable enough time to take another breath of oxygen the drowning process would begin as soon as the whale ran out of air and had to breathe in ( though if stillunder water it would take in only sea water, and being without gills, would drown).
2006-09-18 14:58:11 · answer #2 · answered by sandra j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. A whale is a mammal, and needs to breathe air. If the whale is trapped, by nets, an obstruction, etc, and cannot rise to the surface, it will drown.
2006-09-18 14:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by wynterwood 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It breathes air just the way humans do.
2006-09-18 14:53:00 · answer #4 · answered by sumrtanman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋