Article  Ig Nobel prize goes to team who found mammals can breathe through anuses

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024...ugh-anuses

INTRO: In a stark demonstration of how award-winning breakthroughs can come from the most unlikely directions, researchers have won an Ig Nobel prize for discovering that mammals can breathe through their anuses.

After a series of tests on mice, rats and pigs, Japanese scientists found the animals absorb oxygen delivered through the rectum, work that underpins a clinical trial to see whether the procedure can treat respiratory failure.

The team is among 10 recognised in this year’s Ig Nobel awards (see below for more), the irreverent accolades given for achievements that “first make people laugh, and then make them think”. They are not to be confused with the more lucrative and career-changing Nobel prizes to be handed out in Scandinavia next month.... (MORE - detials)
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I know of one mammal that is running for President who pretty much talks out his ass all the time. Smile
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(Sep 13, 2024 10:11 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: I know of one mammal that is running for President who pretty much talks out his ass all the time. Smile

You have that back to front.(potty mouth Don you mean?)
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I know one member of this forum who's probably intimately familiar with anuses.
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(Sep 14, 2024 03:16 AM)Syne Wrote: I know one member of this forum who's probably intimately familiar with anuses.


Are you claiming I have had anal sex? When? Where? With whom?
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