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Hi, a question to all the anatomical specialists out there.
In another threat we were talking about the gill slits
axolotl have (like fish).
I took some pictures--
are these the gill slits we were talking about?
:confused:

There seems to be a "hole" behind the gill bars where the second
branch "dissappears" into:

gillslit1.jpg



gillslit2.jpg
 
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ellenant said:
Hi, a question to all the anatomical specialists out there.
In another threat we were talking about the gill slits
axolotl have (like fish).
I took some pictures--
are these the gill slits we were talking about?
:confused:
Click to expand...

I'm no anatomical specialist, but the holes behind the external gills are the 'gill slits' that were talked about in the thread you're referring to.

Hope this helps.
 
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