Why do fish gills have to be more efficient than human lungs?
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In terms of volume, fish have to pump 40 times more water through gills than they would air through lungs to get the same amount of oxygen. Water is not nearly as oxygen-rich as air. As a result, gills have to be extremely efficient at extracting oxygen, and they certainly do a better job than our lungs.
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