Unexpected 'back door' solution for ambulance transfers or bridging moments during procedures Dr Takanori Takebe says he was shocked by how invasive hooking up a ventilator can be (Image: Getty Images)

Doctors are seriously exploring whether we can breathe through our backsides.

Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the University of Osaka have been trialling 'butt breathing' to boost oxygen levels when lungs can’t keep up.

The man behind the theory, Dr Takanori Takebe, says he was shocked by how invasive hooking up a ventilator can be when his father caught pneumonia, reports Science News.

Taking inspiration from some animals that get oxygen through their skin, genitals or guts, the thought occurred to Takanori that the human intestinal tract is rich in blood ve

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