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Scientists discovered the first animal that doesn't need oxygen to live. It's changing the definition of what an animal can be

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CNN

Publication Date
2020-02-26

You'd think all animals would need oxygen to live, right? Wrong. Researchers just discovered a unique organism that doesn't need to breathe. Instead, the tiny parasite lives in salmon tissue and evolved so that it doesn't need oxygen to produce energy.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/world/first-animal-doesnt-breathe-oxygen-scn-trnd/