How do terrestrial vertebrates (such as mammals, birds, and reptiles) breathe on land?

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anonymous · Answer

lungs?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

well how else would they kipp

anonymous · Answer

Well fish breathe underwater because the water provides them with oxygen.. How do land animals breathe?

anonymous · Answer

thru oxygen as well silly.

anonymous · Answer

Humans are animals. How do they breathe?

anonymous · Answer

fissh just have gills instead of lungs to extract oxygen.

in fact.   Animals like whales and dolphins have lungs and they have to come up for air.

avii · Answer

lungs nostrils

anonymous · Answer

@thomaster said "intercostal muscles between the ribs make the rib cage expand, that will create an under pressure in the longs so air will flow in" for the uses of ribs in terrestrial vertebrates for taking air in the lungs. That can somewhat be an answer for this as well?

thomaster · Answer

That is how animals with lungs breath yea :P

anonymous · Answer

Any further information that you can provide? :o

thomaster · Answer

uhmm the intercostal muscles between the ribs also make the rib cage contract, so air will flow out.

anonymous · Answer

Merci c: