Although sea snakes do breathe air like us, they’re certainly able to stay underwater for long periods of time. Scientists now believe that at least part of the secret may lie in a gill-like network of blood vessels in the animals’ heads.

“Basically we found that this sea snake uses the top of its head as a gill to breathe underwater,” says Palci. “While the MCVN is structurally very different from the gills of fish and amphibians, its function is nonetheless quite similar.”

https://newatlas.com/biology/sea-snakes-breathe-underwater/

PermeateFree said:

Although sea snakes do breathe air like us, they’re certainly able to stay underwater for long periods of time. Scientists now believe that at least part of the secret may lie in a gill-like network of blood vessels in the animals’ heads.

“Basically we found that this sea snake uses the top of its head as a gill to breathe underwater,” says Palci. “While the MCVN is structurally very different from the gills of fish and amphibians, its function is nonetheless quite similar.”

https://newatlas.com/biology/sea-snakes-breathe-underwater/

Good

A friend’s daughter, a few weeks older than Mini Me, says she wants a penis like her daddy so she can breathe underwater.

DA: I this arvo finished a book I think you might like. The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine.

Quite an unusual style.

Sorry. Wrong thread.

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Divine Angel said:

A friend’s daughter, a few weeks older than Mini Me, says she wants a penis like her daddy so she can breathe underwater.

A snorkel.

That’s a common misconception, according to mrs m.

mollwollfumble said:

Divine Angel said:

A friend’s daughter, a few weeks older than Mini Me, says she wants a penis like her daddy so she can breathe underwater.

A snorkel.

That’s a common misconception, according to mrs m.

Not amongst those who have them it isn’t.