Showing posts with label sea spiders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sea spiders. Show all posts

Monday, 17 July 2017

Sea spiders move oxygen with pumping guts (not hearts)


Date:  July 10, 2017
Source:  Cell Press

Summary:  To keep blood and oxygen flowing throughout their bodies, most animals depend on a beating heart. But researchers have discovered that sea spiders use a strange alternative: they move blood and oxygen throughout most of their bodies by pumping their guts. The sea spiders have an unusual gut in the first place, the researchers say.



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