# "That would be in the butt, Babe" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160 "2021-05-15T15:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/1 "2021-05-15T15:09:57Z")
Pigs and rodents are able to use their intestines for respiration. > **[No Joke: Pigs and Rodents Can Breathe Through Their Butts](https://scitechdaily.com/no-joke-pigs-and-rodents-can-breathe-through-their-butts/)** > > Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, finds a study publishing May 14th in the journal Med. The researchers demonstrated that the delivery of oxygen gas or oxygenated liquid through... > Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, finds a study publishing May 14th in the journal Med. The researchers demonstrated that the delivery of oxygen gas or oxygenated liquid through the rectum provided vital rescue to two mammalian models of respiratory failure. If I ever run across a drowned pig that needs resuscitating, I’m not volunteering. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/2 "2021-05-15T15:20:12Z")
Not just pigs and rodents. The end of the article talks about scaling up for human use… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/3 "2021-05-15T15:46:24Z")
[Related thread starting at this recent post - Animals with separate paths for food and air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-with-separate-paths-for-food-and-air/561049/12) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/4 "2021-05-15T16:10:34Z")
All this is really saying is that if you put small molecules like oxygen on one side of a selectively-permeable membrane, they’ll permeate to the other side. But you’d nee an awfully high concentration to make it significant, given that the intestines have much less surface area than the lungs. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/5 "2021-05-15T17:13:19Z")
Someone’s always gotta pooh-pooh on theinteresting ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/6 "2021-05-15T19:05:11Z")
Well, that just sucks ass. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/7 "2021-05-15T19:23:39Z")
@needscoffee, nice thread title! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/8 "2021-05-15T19:29:14Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > The end of the article talks about scaling up for human use… Still not volunteering to resuscitate… ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/9 "2021-05-16T13:35:32Z")
The actual paper: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.004) With associated commentary: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.005](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.005) The graphical abstract is glorious: [https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/cms/attachment/4fe6dbb3-14e1-4fc1-bbfc-c3985e088431/fx1.jpg](https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/cms/attachment/4fe6dbb3-14e1-4fc1-bbfc-c3985e088431/fx1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/10 "2021-05-16T13:42:38Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > The actual paper: [Redirecting](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.004) > > With associated commentary: [Redirecting](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.005) > > The graphical abstract is glorious: > [https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/cms/attachment/4fe6dbb3-14e1-4fc1-bbfc-c3985e088431/fx1.jpg](https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/cms/attachment/4fe6dbb3-14e1-4fc1-bbfc-c3985e088431/fx1.jpg) - I did not know that’s what @Loach looked like. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/11 "2021-05-16T15:20:49Z")
Even with a handy bicycle pump? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/12 "2021-05-16T15:27:29Z")
Occasionally I did suspect he was breathing through his ass. 🙂 Just kidding @Loach, you a’ight in my book. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/13 "2021-05-16T15:48:03Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > The graphical abstract is glorious: It is! (That’s either one small pig, or some scarily large rodents.) ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/14 "2021-05-16T17:29:34Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > (That’s either one small pig, or some scarily large rodents.) This is so many kinds of not my field, but I understand laboratory pigs are often bred small. Even then, that’s some hefty rodents. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/15 "2021-05-16T17:38:48Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Even with a handy bicycle pump?  Likely doesn’t even need a specialized adaptor nozzle. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/16 "2021-05-17T01:07:08Z")
There’s a typo in your title; it’s not ‘Babe’, it should be [Bob](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2naTw9y7zsE). ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/17 "2021-05-17T01:10:22Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1PIta1B4NxM/hqdefault.jpg "Babe - That'll do pig") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PIta1B4NxM) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/18 "2021-05-17T01:17:21Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_2laB4L0z5I/hqdefault.jpg "That'll do Donkey") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2laB4L0z5I) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160/19 "2021-05-17T02:46:14Z")
^^Nice ass reference!