TIL: Turtles breathe through their ass 🤭

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Here's something fun I learned today. Apparently some turtles breathe through their ass 🤭😂

Ok, technically turtles don't have an ass but a cloaca which is a hole that is used both for reproduction and pooping:

In animal anatomy, a cloaca (/kloʊˈeɪkə/ kloh-AY-kə), plural cloacae (/kloʊˈeɪsi/ kloh-AY-see or /kloʊˈeɪki/ kloh-AY-kee), is the posterior orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts (if present) of many vertebrate animals. All amphibians, reptiles and birds, and a few mammals (monotremes, tenrecs, golden moles, and marsupial moles), have this orifice, from which they excrete both urine and feces source

So, back to turtles. This breathing through thing is technically known as enteral or cloacal respiration, and is used by some animals as a means to supplement blood oxygen.

Some other animals known to breathe through their ass include certain species of fish, crab and polychaete worms.

And here's where the interesting part comes. According to recent research pigs, mice and possibly humans are capable of ass breathing under certain conditions. If that is true for humans too, ass breathing could be in the works in minimizing and improving ventilation for patients in need:

Enteral ventilation (EVA) enabled systemic oxygenation in mammalians.

EVA improved survival and behaviors in pre-clinical models of respiratory failure

EVA yielded no major signs of complications in pre-clinical models

EVA may serve as a transformative approach in respiratory failure patients

Sounds fun 😂

Here's a link to the paper from which the above highlights were taken if you want to check it out:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.004

Enjoy ?! 😂

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They must really like the smell of their own farts.
Disclaimer: Yes, I'm aware those senses are still on the front, I simply could not think of a better joke in such a short period of time.

Did you know: Humans can talk out of their ass.

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People, like animals, find pleasures in many different ways
:))

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I... didn't know that.

Not sure I needed to know it, but an interesting piece of trivia 🤔. Thanks for the unique post!

!PIMP

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Maybe this day this knowledge will come handy!

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If breathing through ass is an option for human. I believe what is giving out might have offensive smell.

I would rather use my nostrils 😆.

Thanks for sharing

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jjjajajajajajajajajajajajajaja interesting and funny this made my day ajajaja excellent.

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I never knew tortoise don't have ass lol.

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I've been talking out my ass for years.. I'm gonna have to practice breathing out it

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Next medical breakthrough: ass to ass CPR :)))

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Hahahhaha, well who are we that we are going to judge nature? Also, thanks to your research Dr.Trumpman I also found that there is a technique for those wanna try this ANAL Breathing thing. Thank me later 😂
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Ha ha ha, that's some weird knowledge but I guess where is an exterior channel anything can happen. People are already doing enemas, so from there to also push air on the other side is just a small step. This way we can become balloons :))))))

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This is very funny, I haven't heard it before now. How could a living thing will be breathing through ass 😄😄
I also learned right now, your content has been always filled with information.

I'm excited to be following you and continue to be spreading love.

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please don't eat the turtle.

I don't want lockdowns again

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