cloaca /oss/taxonomy/term/2883/all en Turtles Breathe Out of Their Butt /oss/article/did-you-know/turtles-breathe-out-their-butt <p>Technically the term is <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/11/22/turtles-hibernation-butt-breathing/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=News0_DSC_171130_000000_Final%20remainder&utm_content=&spMailingID=31966363&spUserID=NjY0ODY0ODUzNDcyS0&spJobID=1180002835&spReportId=MTE4MDAwMjgzNQS2#.WjVeKVWnGUl">cloacal respiration</a>, and it’s not so much breathing as just diffusing oxygen in and carbon dioxide out, but the fact remains: <strong>when turtles hibernate, their main source of oxygen is through their butt</strong>.</p> Sat, 23 Dec 2017 16:51:12 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 6854 at /oss