This is not a joke, nor a viral trend either. It’s science that might simply make you giggle at first.

Japanese and US researchers have developed a way that may help people breathe through the rectum, and are calling it “ butt breathing. ” However, the science-y term is ‘enteral ventilation’–a technique that involves sending oxygen through the rectum and, surprisingly, may one day save human lives.

And because the term has already caught on with the internet, it’s only valid to dig a little deeper into it.

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Interestingly, it has been recently discovered that some aquatic animals are actually capable of breathing through their anus. And guess what, the researchers also won an Ig Nobel Prize 2024 for this discovery.

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