• andros_rex@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Here’s something I learned from practical experience - even if they reroute your guts so you shit into a bag (colostomy), as long as you have still have a rectum, you’ll still occasionally have to poop out mucus.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Huh. So I heard about that chemical that was basically supersaturated query oxygen or something, that you could put in a drowning person’s lungs to at least let them breathe while their lungs are full of fluid. Are they suggesting we boof it?

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      3 months ago

      Animals like pigs, rodents, turtles, and some fish are known to be capable of butt-chugging oxygen when the need arises.

      I want to see “butt-chugging” in an accepted scientific article now.

  • Seleni@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    There is no permanent connection between the gut and the rear of the body. Instead, as waste accumulates, part of the gut starts to balloon out until it touches the outer layer, or epidermis. The gut then fuses with the epidermis, forming an anal opening. Once excretion is complete, the process is reversed and the anus vanishes.

    It has a vanishing, temporary invisible anus. WTF

    In 2024 it was described to possess the ability be biological immortal by undergoing reverse development after the onset of sexual reproduction from mature lobate to early cydippid

    And it’s immortal. Man nature, you crazy

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