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		pastureofplenty 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling o... How do they breathe? That's what I'm wondering.

hyrix 5 months ago [–]

They exchange gases through pores in the skin--a fairly common process for things with cuticles

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/221/8/jeb177568/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaneous_respiration

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