If you contrast the salt and water balance adaptations of freshwater and saltwater fishes, you find that

A. freshwater fishes do not drink water.
B. saltwater fishes do drink water.
C. freshwater fishes actively transport salts into their bodies at the gills.
D. saltwater fishes actively transport salts out of their bodies at the gills.
E. All of the choices for this question are correct.


E. All of the choices for this question are correct.

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