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A salamander with no lungs, which breathes entirely through its skin: via paracademia.blogspot.com yet more Posted via web from David Dobbs’s Somatic Marker

A salamander with no lungs, which breathes entirely through its skin:

via paracademia.blogspot.comyet more

Posted via web from David Dobbs's Somatic Marker

David Dobbs, author of the Kindle Single bestseller My Mother's Lover, writes features and essays for publications including the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Nature, and other publications. He is working on his fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion. You also follow his wider wanderings on ... Read More

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