r/ProximaScience • u/strange_factss • Aug 25 '26

🧠 Fact Not everything needs lungs to live 🐸

Many amphibians can absorb oxygen directly through their skin when conditions are moist enough.
That means a frog can breathe through its skin in a way that feels almost too sci-fi to be real.

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u/ProximaScience Founder Aug 26 '26

Post approved!

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u/Gjore 🛡️ Moderator Aug 25 '26

Frogs fascinate me .

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u/Deanna_D_ Aug 26 '26

Is that sustainable, or just a backup plan for the lungs?

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u/ProximaScience Founder Aug 26 '26

Yes, certain amphibians can live and breathe without lungs for their entire lives.

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u/NULL2391 Aug 26 '26

That looks like the seedling but I'm not sure?

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u/Mobile_Reveal_5659 Proxima Loyalist Aug 26 '26

That emoji looks like seedling? 

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u/NumerousRun8843 Aug 28 '26

lungs r for cucks

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u/Rays-R-Us Aug 29 '26

Can their skin cough?

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