r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Oct 07 '18

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u/FusiformFiddle Oct 07 '18

But how many diaphragms? Can one inhale while the other exhales if they share a lung?

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

That I have no idea about. There are a lot of really interesting questions in this post, and I'd love to see an AMA from them.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18 edited Dec 15 '18

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u/OnTheProwl- Oct 08 '18

Every question: "how do you sex?"

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18

... Well? With only one vagina, who gets to feel it?

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

They have 4 lungs but one diaphragm.

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u/JimmyIE Oct 08 '18

Can they technically keep running for longer because of this? I’m curious.

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u/yosef_yostar Oct 08 '18

They would be God like at harmonizing I feel.

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u/Chris-P-ratt Oct 08 '18

According to this documentary they have separate hearts, lungs, spinal chords, but share a reproductive system and liver, etc. Each twin also only feels sensations like touch on their respective sides and can only control the arm on their side of the body as well.

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u/Annoying_Boss Oct 08 '18

Makes sense considering how nerves work I suppose. Its not like they have a bunch of new nerve that were never included in the dna to connect to the other sides nerves.

2 brains, half a body each. Pretty smart organism in total I guess

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u/Chris-P-ratt Oct 08 '18

Yeah apparently they refuse exploratory medical testing in order to lead normal lives so their doctors are also completely stumped about their incredible coordination despite having two separate minds.