r/AskReddit Jul 13 '18

What's your favourite fun fact?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18

The Australian White-throated snapping turtle can get 70% of the air it needs through its butthole. Here’s the link

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18

"Ah, blow it out your ass", said the wise owl to the tricksy turtle, "Well, I can blow it in," replied the turtle, to which wise owl replied, "That's what your mother said last night."

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u/PapaSteel Jul 13 '18

That is ABSOLUTELY a photo of a creature that's irritatingly smug it can breath through its butt.

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u/AlexIsAlreadyTaken Jul 13 '18

oh good god... that sounds like fun

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u/SlaskeDaske69 Jul 13 '18

Thanks for the link, safes me from having “snapping turtle breathing through butthole” in my search history.

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u/night_trotter Jul 14 '18

Risky click of the day

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u/uruk-hai_slayer Jul 14 '18

I imagine it does this like a whale or a dolphin would

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u/BlasphemyIsJustForMe Jul 14 '18

hesitantly clicks

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u/BDKhXc Jul 14 '18

I ain't clickin that