Earth has an incredible diversity of animal life. It comes in all shapes and sizes, and lives in just about every type of environment our planet has to offer. There are, however, a number of things that all animal life has in common. Now, according to a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, there’s one fewer thing on that list: breathing.
In the paper, an international team of scientists reveals the discovery of a microscopic animal that has no mitochondrial DNA, which means it doesn’t need to breathe in order to stay alive. Woah.
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This animal doesn’t breathe, and it’s a first for science originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 22:12:56 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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