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Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their butts awarded ‘Ig Nobel Prize’
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0:40Now PlayingThey’re a major ass-et to science.
A team of Japanese scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their butts — a procedure that could eventually help sick humans get oxygen — received a top “honor” at a the Ig Nobel Prize parody ceremony Thursday.
The research team, led by Ryo Okabe and Takanori Takebe, took home the so-called Ig Nobel Prize in physiology for revealing that animals such as mice, rats and pigs can absorb oxygen into their bloodstream via their rectums, the Guardian reported.
At the quirky annual ceremony — which is not affiliated with the actual Nobel Prize — scientists win awards for achievements that “first make people laugh, and then make them think.”
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