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Oxygen. (mander.xyz)
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https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/54762/did-cyanobacteria-commit-evolutionary-suicide-by-producing-oxygen

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty sure there's some worms or something that live by deep sea vents which breathe sulfur not oxygen and are believed to live forever because of this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Core takeaway: huff sulfur, live forever

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There's a bunch of creatures that don't use oxygen but they're mostly all prokaryotes, since oxygen metabolism unlocks a shitload of energy you can use for being large and complex.