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Why is the rate of breathing in aquatic organisms much faster than in terrestrial organisms?

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Fishes absorb dissolved oxygen from water through gills. As the amount of dissolved oxygen in water is low and to compensate for that low oxygen, the organisms have a faster breathing rate as compared to that of terrestrial organisms.

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