• Agent641@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Fun fact sea snake scales are actually hydrophobic and there is a thin layer of air around it. The snake can breathe from this bubble of scale air and some pacific island claim divers can stay underwater longer by catching sea snakes and breathing from their tails, also I just made all that up.

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      5 months ago

      I almost believed you. But the part of divers breathing snake ass was too much.

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      5 months ago

      My upvote for valuable scientific knowledge suddenly changed in the meaning in the last line.

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      5 months ago

      watch it turns out that there IS a species that does this, and you were accidentally correct

      that’ll be egg on your face