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Destide @feddit.uk

1y ago

We breathe plant farts

Plants, through photosynthesis, take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen as a byproduct

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Mixed in with their sweet-smelling jizz.

Show me a plant's anal sphincter and I'll believe you.
- You can't just ask about someone's sphincter!
  
  I just did.

Good job OP you got the bio nerds arguing the philosophical and scientific definitions of "fart." You can retire now

Breathing farts is a funny idea, but the product of plants' respiration is not at all comparable to farts. It's comparable to breath
- Fairly minor correction, but photosynthesis is essentially the opposite of cellular respiration. Plants do respirate and release CO2, but their photosynthesis more than offsets their respiration.
  
  I see! I didn't know respiration only referred to what animals do. I figured they were both two sides of the same coin

We breathe their BO not their farts.
- It's exhalations really. Their BO would result mostly from bacteria that live on their surface. You exhale your metabolic byproduct of CO2, they exhale their O2. Just, instead of one centralized set of "lungs", their respiratory system is decentralized through the structure, kinda like a lobsters "brain" is. Kinda.
  
  Naw, the farts are actually the best comparison.
  Plants "breathe" normally too, taking in oxygen, and producing CO2. Separately, they also take on CO2 and sunlight, and produce "food" and expel oxygen.
  Since it's a by-product of their "eating"... It really is a fart, isn't it?

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