Ammonia in Sharks

No idea where to post this question, but if sharks have ammonia in the muscle, how are they not negatively affected by it? Are they as sensitive to ammonia as other saltwater fish?

 

In answer to your question all fish and including sharks,rays, whales etc. are affected by ammonia and this is a toxin to all under water species saltwater or fresh water, the thing about these mamals is that as they take in water through the gills they sucrete the oxygens and also other toxins through the skin and have a reverse biological system from fresh water fish so as the oxygen flows out of the skin so do the toxins and they release the toxins from the body as well as excreting bodily fluids.

 

That is amazing biology

 

But why do they have it in the muscle?

 

technically speaking is due to they are mamals totally different than a fish they have organs that are different and breath differently as well this is the only way that they can release the toxins with there strenght from muscle tissue

 

technically speaking is due to they are mamals totally different than a fish they have organs that are different and breath differently as well this is the only way that they can release the toxins with there strenght from muscle tissue

Sharks are not mammals!

 

so what would you classify them as

 

They are fish and do not breathe air from the surface. I am sorry if I seem argumentative, but I don't want to confuse anyone.

 

But they are from the same DNA

 

??? sharks are from the same DNA as what?

 

Sharks are not mammals. They do not regulate body temperature like mammals, also, they do not nurse their young, a major factor in being classified mammalian. They are indeed a fish. Just not a bony fish. They are supposed to have existed 420 million years ago, before land vertebrates existed.

 

Sharks are not mammals. They do not regulate body temperature like mammals, also, they do not nurse their young, a major factor in being classified mammalian. They are indeed a fish. Just not a bony fish. They are supposed to have existed 420 million years ago, before land vertebrates existed.

Thanks Cichlidnut!