• Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    Why doesn’t the damaging and hot particulate matter in smoke do any harm to or otherwise clog up their spiracles like it does to the inner lining of lungs? I gather lungs are wet and also very delicate, but if they’re directly oxygenating their organs through these spiracles eventually it must get to somewhere wet and delicate for the smoke to get in and potentially harm.

    • ulterno@programming.dev
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      3 days ago

      Maybe something like:

      • The spiracles stop working and the insect stops most major movements
      • When the air becomes better, the new air fills the spiracles and reinvigorates the insect

      vs

      • Humans need to use their muscles to start breathing, or they will require external assistance