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Is 3 gills as big as The Blood in a Human Body?

It's about one-fifteenth as big as The Blood in a Human Body
The size of The Blood in a Human Body is about 40 gills.
(for 70 kg body; average altitude; average)
The volume of blood in the average human body is about 40 gills. Persons living at high altitude, however, may have up to an additional 20 gills of blood to compensate for the lower oxygen level.
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