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Feels kind of misleading to say that humans lack no organ for hibernating, and then bring up at the end that hibernating animals have a different bowel structure to prevent sepsis.


Also the bit about "Astronauts would need a tube surgically implanted in their abdomen to remain fed during their hibernation"


I'm confused about that part. There's cases of people living without food for many months, given enough stored body fat. I'm assuming there's a reason for the surgical approach (you still need water and supplements), but I think the article isn't clear on what it is.




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