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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by stevenwoo on Friday April 21, 2017 @02:29AM (#14163500)
Can someone explain how the mole rats that stop breathing and are revived after simply reintroducing oxygen into the container? How does the O2 get into the animals lungs/blood stream if the animal stopped breathing?
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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by Someone on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:18AM (#14163669)
They stop breathing, but don't die. Presumably, when whatever mechanism they use to measure oxygen concentration tells them that oxygen levels are high enough, they start breathing again.
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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by ralfd on Friday April 21, 2017 @06:17AM (#14164299)
Yes, obviously, but parent asked how!
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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by BugsJustFindMe on Friday April 21, 2017 @04:24AM (#14163886)
One guess would be sufficiently positive air pressure to passively inflate their lungs. Or that they don't stop breathing completely, just almost.
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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by amelius on Friday April 21, 2017 @05:30AM (#14164135)
Guess: diffusion?
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