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Bees don't have lungs. (mander.xyz)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/31/they-survived-fire-and-lead-poisoning-so-what-happened-next-to-notre-dames-bees-aoe

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Most invertebrates have no internal air sac breathing organ. Arachnids kinda do, and I'm seeing something about semi-aquatic snails, but direct diffusion is pretty efficient at that scale.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Axolotls have them despite not needing them because they can live just fine without ever inhaling air for their entire life. But they sometimes do it for fun and then blow out bubbles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Amphibians are the weirdest vertebrates.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Looking at my axolotl that is currently trying to pretend to be a plant, yep.