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Research shows how insects use trapped oxygen to breathe underwater

July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hundreds of insect species spend much of their time underwater, where food may be more plentiful. MIT mathematicians have now figured out exactly how those insects breathe underwater.