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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Umm.... while many amphibians have external gills at some point in their life, most (all?) fish gills are internal.
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Biologically, gills are considered 'external.' They 'lead' to internal structures. The gills themselves, which you can see, and which most fishermen use to pick up larger fish as they can get their fingers into them from the outside, are external. Please don't pick up a human by his lungs...
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