The post Turtles That Can "Breathe" Through Their Rear Ends appeared first on A-Z Animals. Everyone is familiar with turtles, but few know about the strange manner of breathing used by certain species ...
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Science says some turtles can breathe through their rear ends, but the real biology is stranger than you can imagine
“Breathing through the butt” sounds more like an internet joke than vertebrate physiology. Yet for a small group of freshwater turtles, there is real science behind the bizarre claim. These turtles ...
Everyone is familiar with turtles, but few know about the strange manner of breathing used by certain species. While most turtles take in oxygen through their lungs, as we’d expect, a handful of ...
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