They sure can.
Some species of turtles can breathe out of their cloaca when under water.The phrase"take a deep breath" takes on a different meaning when you consider that some species of turtles have adopted the skill of breathing through their butts, so to speak.
Life was breathed back into the claim in early May 2021 in a Reddit thread, “What is the weirdest fact you know?” Like many animals, turtles breathe oxygen in through their mouth and lungs – inhaling brings oxygen from the air into the lungs that diffuse across the lung tissue and into the bloodstream. Simultaneously, the waste gas carbon dioxide moves from the blood into the lungs and is exhaled, or breathed out, according to the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
“Unlike most mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds don’t have a separate rectum and urethra, but rather a single organ, called a cloaca, serves the intestinal, urinary, and genital tracts. Some aquatic turtles, including the bog turtle, have openings off the cloaca, called bursae, which are densely laced with blood vessels,” wrote the agency.
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