# animals with separate paths for food and air

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-with-separate-paths-for-food-and-air/561049
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 18, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-with-separate-paths-for-food-and-air/561049 "2010-11-18T01:11:27Z")
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### Author: ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-with-separate-paths-for-food-and-air/561049/12 "2021-05-14T15:57:45Z")

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A few additions:  
[Breathing Through the Rectum Saves Oxygen-Starved Mice and Pigs](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/science/rectum-breathing-oxygen.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Science)

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