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Platypuses
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A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
No stomach? Hadn't heard that one before
If something is too weird, some of the oddities tend to get overlooked.
Bizarre beasts episode on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Rzx7yeh7c
I wonder how they process food.
Stomachs aren't necessary... You can jump straight to the large intestine. Even humans can survive like that
Obviously, they're useful. It's another stage of digestion, which means more energy and nutrients are extracted from your food. It widens your viable food sources, just like chewing does