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Bees don't have lungs. (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 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] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

they don't have circulatory systems either they've basically just pushing things through themselves and tryna make it work

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

am i the only one who notices that this logic makes no sense? it doesnt matter that they have no lungs, they still are susceptible to both heat and airborn toxins, they perform gas exchange. They lived because the heat and smoke were below lethal toxic levels for them.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

They breathe their own farts. Well.

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