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Because Science! Innit?
« on: September 13, 2024, 05:19:54 PM »
Ihttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/sep/12/ig-nobel-prize-goes-to-team-who-found-mammals-can-breathe-through-anuses
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researchers have won an Ig Nobel prize for discovering that mammals can breathe through their anuses.
Reading that, it could be Research.

Probably  stick with science though...
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Re: Because Science! Innit?
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2024, 12:26:47 PM »
Is the idea of breathing through your anus any more silly than the idea of breathing through your swim bladder?
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Re: Because Science! Innit?
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2024, 11:16:13 AM »
It would seem, from the article, that the research is all about a way of providing Oxygen during respiratory failure. If it works, it may be deserving of a Nobel prize.
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