in search of food.

The pond loach is able to respond to the periodic drying in their native habitats by burrowing into the mud and exchanging gas through the posterior end of their alimentary canal.

Studies have shown that mammals are capable of performing intestinal respiration to a limited degree in a laboratory setting. Mice subjected to hypoxic conditions and supplied oxygen through their intestines survived an average of 18 minutes compared to 11 minutes in the control group. In 2024 Ig Nobel Prize

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