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Wild New Study Suggests Buttholes Once Had a Very Different Purpose
Science Alert ^ | Apr 1, 2025 | Tessa Koumoundouros

Posted on 04/01/2025 8:05:00 AM PDT by dayglored

If the genes of a tiny, bumless invertebrate are anything to go by, our anuses might be repurposed sperm chutes.

A new study suggests instead of releasing waste, the first anal orifice was an exit hatch for male sex cells which was given a new task.

Researchers from the University of Bergen in Norway investigated the genetics of xenacoelomorphs; distant relatives of flatworms that have a cul-de-sac for a gut. Despite this lack of a dedicated poop-hole, xenacoelomorphs use some of the same genes we use to turn our digestive system into a tube, only to create a genital opening known as a gonadopore instead.

"Once a hole is there, you can use it for other things," zoologist Andreas Hejnol told Michael Le Page at New Scientist.

Animal anuses exist in an unexpected variety of forms, from myriad waste-releasing pores on flatworm backs to jellyfish that don't bother with a dedicated channel for rubbish at all.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: amazingstudy; butthole; buttholescience; godsgravesglyphs; grantcanceled; helixmakemineadouble; moneywellspent; paleontology; pullmyfinger; science; xenacoelomorph
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Pictures and diagrams at the link... you have been warned.
1 posted on 04/01/2025 8:05:00 AM PDT by dayglored
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To: dayglored

“Once a hole is there, you can use it for other things” alert.


2 posted on 04/01/2025 8:05:33 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: dayglored

This won’t hurt a bit...........................


3 posted on 04/01/2025 8:06:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: dayglored
The 11th commandment: “No in the butt.”
4 posted on 04/01/2025 8:07:35 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: dayglored

The answer to the origin of Helen Thomas?


5 posted on 04/01/2025 8:07:40 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: dayglored

They began as journalists...


6 posted on 04/01/2025 8:08:15 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Thank you, Trump, Musk, Leavitt....)
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To: dayglored

Q: Why are turds tapered?

A: So our butt holes don’t slam shut.


7 posted on 04/01/2025 8:09:00 AM PDT by Deepeasttx ( Sensitivity/diversity training are all un-walled reeducation camps....for now.. DEI gone. Yippee)
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To: Deepeasttx

”Cloaca, waka, waka!”

8 posted on 04/01/2025 8:11:37 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: dayglored

More medical news to relay to others.

Help get the word out! Oops, Big Pharma continues to destroy lives!! If the truth were told, what man would take this crap? Same for statins that cause ED.

Prostate Drugs Finasteride and Dutasteride May Shrink Prostate AND Penis

Finasteride and dutasteride shrink prostate glands but can have sexual side effects: lower libido and less pleasure. What about penis size?

https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/prostate-drug-dutasteride-shrinks-prostate-and-penis?utm_source=The%20People%27s%20Pharmacy%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=65d699ff70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_01_03_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7300006d3c-154f1c96d1-220081977

A review of adverse events reported to the FDA noted several side effects of these drugs. These included reduced libido, erectile dysfunction, orgasmic disorders, breast enlargement, fatigue, muscle weakness, fuzzy thinking and hearing loss (Urology, Oct. 2018).


9 posted on 04/01/2025 8:11:46 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: dayglored

"See? It's perfectly natural!"

10 posted on 04/01/2025 8:11:57 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: dayglored

Who paid for this? lol


11 posted on 04/01/2025 8:17:06 AM PDT by Openurmind
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To: dayglored

One of the characteristics of a true scientific study is falsifiability. So this is not science. The secular-humanist scientists of today say they have no presuppositions. This “study” exhibits a big presupposition — that life in its various forms was not created by God. Some traits of the various life forms are repeated because they are good design. One good presupposition deserves another.


12 posted on 04/01/2025 8:17:33 AM PDT by WKTimpco
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To: dayglored

“Science” will go to any lengths to justify and celebrate homosexuality.


13 posted on 04/01/2025 8:17:34 AM PDT by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: dayglored

I thought this was from The Bee...


14 posted on 04/01/2025 8:19:07 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: dayglored

I wonder who paid for this?


15 posted on 04/01/2025 8:19:41 AM PDT by redfreedom (Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
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To: dayglored

In the beginning it was all about sex. And then eventually the need to eliminate waste was felt.


16 posted on 04/01/2025 8:20:08 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: dayglored

Just be careful with the glue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPlOYPGMRws


17 posted on 04/01/2025 8:21:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dayglored

18 posted on 04/01/2025 8:22:35 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: dayglored

A dog cooling the Belly ,LOL


19 posted on 04/01/2025 8:23:06 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: dayglored

This groundbreaking research was done in Norway. So the US taxpayers were not ripped off.


20 posted on 04/01/2025 8:24:15 AM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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