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“Butt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatment (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Wait so like they took less than 1.5 liters in their ass and didn't have to breathe for an hour?

"Why doesn't Sam have a scuba tank?".

They just topped up their ass

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[–] zout@fedia.io 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No, for not needing to breathe the fluid needs to oxygenated, so there's probably some circulation of the fluid needed for that, and an oxygen tank. Also, breathing isn't exactly a voluntary reflex.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I know years ago they did some kind of test to show that people can still breathe the fluid we breathe when in the womb. Figured I'd spell it wrong haha

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[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 10 months ago

I believe there was a documentary about it called "The Abyss", you should check it out.

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