2007-01-19 07:37:39 · 11 answers · asked by Stephanie S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
did you know that dolphins must breathe voluntarily, that is why they use half their brain to sleep at one time, while the other half moniters the breathing, then they use the other side. So dolphins must say "half-awake" when "sleeping" or else they drown
2007-01-19 07:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty much their version of nostrils, but it is essentially, first and foremost, to breath; although they can if they think about it (it isn't a reflex or as natural as to use the blowhole) they don't breath through their mouths and only use their blow hole to breath. They can however also deposit mucus, as we do from their lungs and when dirt gathers. The sounds we hear dolphins make also comes from the blowhole, again, not via their mouths
2007-01-19 08:08:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why this quessie is in this section but I can tell you that the blowhole is also used for the communication noises dolphins make!
Dolphins don't actually 'speak' thru their mouths!
2007-01-19 07:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by jamand 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What makes you think it's for anything else other than breathing? Isn't that enough?
2007-01-19 07:45:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are just their nostrils, which have moved in the course of their evolution to be on top of their heads.
2007-01-19 11:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why on earth would you post this question in Religion & Spirituality? Come to think of it, why on earth would you post this question, period? Isn't "to breathe" enough?
2007-01-19 07:42:12 · answer #6 · answered by sacredvanity 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Wrong category. Unless you think God is gonna tell you but couldnt you have just prayed and got the answer?
2007-01-19 07:41:28 · answer #7 · answered by TRITHEMIUS 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They also make sounds with it.
2007-01-19 07:46:03 · answer #8 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, it IS called a BLOWhole...
2007-01-19 07:45:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And this is a religious question HOW???????????/
2007-01-19 10:02:54 · answer #10 · answered by ringo711 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋