stackyFACTSWhen the lake freezes over, turtles resort to biological desperation: breathing through their butts. Known as cloacal respiration, highly vascularized tissues in their posterior allow them to pull dissolved oxygen straight out of the icy water, bypassing their lungs entirely to survive the brutal winter.
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