Can mammals really breathe through their butts? This jaw-dropping idea just won the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physiology — and it's not a joke. In this video, we dive into the fascinating science behind enteral ventilation via anus (EVA), the bizarre but potentially life-saving breakthrough that allowed mice and pigs to survive lethal hypoxia by absorbing oxygen rectally. The study, awarded the 2024 Ig Nobel in Physiology, challenges everything we thought we knew about respiration. Discover how this oddball innovation could revolutionize emergency oxygen therapy — and why "butt breathing" is now a real scientific term. Don't miss this wild ride through the science that made headlines and took home one of the weirdest prizes in physiology.

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