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Did you know some turtles can breathe through their butt? 😳 Sounds fake… but it’s 100% real. In this video, we explore one of the weirdest survival tricks in nature called cloacal respiration β€” a method that helps certain turtles survive underwater for long periods without coming up for air. Why do they do this? How does it actually work? And is it really as strange as it sounds? Watch till the end to find out. https://youtu.be/raL1wZx_gFU

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Please edit the post to explain why we should know. Rule 2. Message me when it's done and I'll unlock it.

[–] username_1@programming.dev 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You Should Know@lemmy.world

turtles breath through their butthole

Should I really know that?

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 24 points 1 day ago

Well yeah, just in case you were about to give one mouth-to-mouth.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why should I know this? The body of your post doesn't include this information. Why is this important for me to know?

[–] jasoman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Actually this was just the start humans can do it to lesser extent and for certain extreme cases useful for people with low blood O2

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 10 points 1 day ago

Why should I know this?

[–] aeiou@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Should I know this? Cool, I guess, but I’m not exactly sure this fits the community all that well.

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Just in case, @Yournesss@lemmy.world , the link masking Markdown syntax is slightly different.

The current version: [https://example.com/]() -> https://example.com/ (unexpected behavior; e.g., the current page or /).
Some better versions:
- <https://example.com/> -> https://example.com/
- [Example](https://example.com/) -> Example
- [Example](<https://example.com/>) -> Example

Meanwhile, thank you, for sharing knowledge and being interested in the magnificence of the infinite world creation!

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm curious if you'd be willing to expound on this, if you sincerely meant it:

infinite world creation

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thank you! Of course, I was sure sincere.

How to add more details to it? I tried to highlight how incredibly diverse, unmeasurable, or infinitely magnificent the world is out there...
How ingenious the nature is so every single part of a creature has a special reason to it... every single miraculous system, known as body, an architectured instrument to live and adventure a planet we suddenly appeared on... a body for a whole life to find the reason, to accomplish tasks, to reach the destination... to live and experience... infinitely marvelous... ineffably magnificent worlds...

Silenced by the solar wind
Forests evergreen wither to sand
There's still shade in this wasteland
Shadows of towering glass span
As far as you can set your sights on
Take a good long look at that horizon

~ Solar - Northlane

[–] mtpender@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago
[–] Elilol@fedinsfw.app 1 points 1 day ago

I have a similar trick but it doesnt involve breathing xD hahahahahah