do ants have lungs?
2007-03-13 01:45:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Insects — the most numerous and diverse group of animals — don't have lungs. Instead, they have a system of internal tubes called tracheae that exchange oxygen through slow, passive mechanisms, including diffusion. But this study demonstrates that beetles, crickets, ants, butterflies, cockroaches, dragonflies and other insects also use rapid cycles of tracheal compression and expansion in their head and thorax to breathe.
http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/logos21-1/insect.htm
2007-03-13 01:49:14 · answer #1 · answered by Tiger Tracks 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insects are the most numerous and diverse group of animals. They don't have lungs. Instead, they have a system of internal tubes called tracheae that exchange oxygen through slow, passive mechanisms, including diffusion. But this study demonstrates that beetles, crickets, ants, butterflies, cockroaches, dragonflies and other insects also use rapid cycles of tracheal compression and expansion in their head and thorax to breathe.
2007-03-13 09:25:22 · answer #2 · answered by Arun 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ants do not have lungs.
Their body is permeated by little tubes called trachea that distributes oxygen through their body.
Other insects too.
2007-03-13 08:51:00 · answer #3 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, ants and other insects don't have lungs because they have this tinu tube called trachea
but ants have 5 noses
2007-03-13 09:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by gumy bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they have trachea. These work as lungs.
2007-03-13 09:09:07 · answer #5 · answered by Shreyan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-03-13 08:52:31 · answer #6 · answered by *~*Glamorous1750~*~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋