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minus-squarefalseWhite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoYep, butt breathing is real: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/butt-breathing-method-lung-patients-ig-nobel-b2850602.html
minus-squareNarauko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s how the turtle do. Seriously, some aquatic turtles can extend their time under water by using their cloaca like primitive gills. Look up cloacal respiration.
Wait, breathing?!
Yep, butt breathing is real:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/butt-breathing-method-lung-patients-ig-nobel-b2850602.html
That’s how the turtle do.
Seriously, some aquatic turtles can extend their time under water by using their cloaca like primitive gills. Look up cloacal respiration.