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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #46914 Tunas
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Because they are always swimming, tunas simply have to open their mouths and water is forced in and over their gills. Accordingly, they have lost most of the muscles that other fishes use to suck in water and push it past the gills. In fact, tunas must swim to breathe. They must also keep swimming to keep from sinking, since most have largely or completely lost the swim bladder, the gas-filled sac that helps most other fish remain buoyant.

According to the passage, which of the following is one of the reasons that tunas are in constant motion?

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