An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 18, 2024
- April 17, 2024
- April 16, 2024
- April 15, 2024
- April 14, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- April 12, 2024
July 27, 2022 05:02 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/07/27/pigs-can-breathe-through-their-butt-and-maybe-you-can-too.html
Pigs can breathe through their butt, and maybe you can too!
A research team in Japan has discovered that pigs can survive without breathing through their lungs, if oxygen is pumped up their rear. Apparently humans can also 'benefit' from this intestinal breathing, and trials will start soon.
Vice:
— Read the restBy pumping oxygen and oxygenated liquid through animals' buttholes into their intestines, the researchers found that they could survive without breathing through their lungs.
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/07/27/pigs-can-breathe-through-their-butt-and-maybe-you-can-too.html
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article