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๐•พ๐–Š๐–— ๐•พ๐–‘๐–Š๐–Š๐–•๐–ž | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Iโ€™d rather go down this rabbit hole than binge a Netflix show lfgooo
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realjode | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Heโ€™s an absolute legend- 
Hereโ€™s one quick story 
In nature - an animal under threat or startled would normally use the most efficient way to escape danger right ? He noticed that a trout disturbed in a mountain stream wound always swim upstream !! So he looked into it - turns out the gills donโ€™t just filter water - the act of removing oxygen from the water through the gills causes the waste from the gills to attract Oxygen - so if you can imagine the shape of a fish - what better way to increase thrust buy using your shape and chemistry to push you ( a bit like soap in your hand ) so the faster the flow though the gills - equals faster thrust โ€ฆ you still with me ? 
So Gill waste has no oxygen, but it wants to join with oxygen so - oxygen rushed In and pushโ€™s the shape uphill - more intake = more thrust ๐Ÿคฏ genius