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Japanese scientists found animals absorb oxygen delivered through the rectum.
The team is among 10 recognised in this year ’s Ig Nobel awards.
The irreverent accolades are given for achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think’ Other work honoured on the night included US research to house pigeons in missiles to help guide them to targets.
Given to Jacob White in the US and Felipe Yamashita in Germany for reporting evidence that the South American plant Boquila trifoliolata can mimic the leaves of plastic plants it is placed alongside, leading them to conclude that “plant vision” is a plausible hypothesis.
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