The Digg Crew wants to hear your thoughts!
Please take our short survey about Digg and potential feature ideas.
Mice Sniff Out Oxygen With Their Skin
sciencenow.sciencemag.org — Our lungs are A-list stars at detecting oxygen, but a new study in mice suggests that the skin may be a key supporting actor. Researchers have found that a mouse's skin can sense oxygen levels in the air and that it helps regulate the number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells in the body.
maheshee11- 360 diggs
- digg it
- LastSight, on 04/20/2008, -11/+1wat?! goes through the fur and everything?....well....its not that suprising
- ohmahgawd, on 04/20/2008, -8/+1This is why you can die if you paint your entire body, head to toe; you're supposed to leave a hole somewhere to let your skin 'breath'. Nice knowing science is proving this advice.
- deltaandroid, on 04/20/2008, -0/+2Note: FTA "Mice"
- TheGreatBelow, on 04/20/2008, -0/+2You smoke entirely too much reefer.
- ohmahgawd, on 04/20/2008, -0/+3I drink a lot too!
- emiparker, on 04/20/2008, -0/+4James Bond and Mythbusters already proved this theory.......
- BigglesPiP, on 04/20/2008, -0/+7Maybe why they rock at pwning scientists and their mazes?
- XZanatos, on 04/20/2008, -0/+5These critters live their lives in tunnels and dark cramped holes. Oxygen detection is critical when they are not always near open air or adequate ventilation. F.Y.I. and such.
- PeteBeast, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1I see what you did there.
- killbert24, on 04/20/2008, -2/+2"My oxy-senses are tingling!" said Ratman as he made his way out of the ratcave.
- AbhishekGoyal, on 04/20/2008, -0/+0Wow! How do it even occur to them that they can do research on these ideas
- spookyttws, on 04/21/2008, -0/+2Only 13 comments? Huh, guess it's not a very interesting story.
- PeteBeast, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1Supporting Actor.
The Digg Toolbar for Firefox lets you Digg, submit content, and keep track of Digg even when you're not on the Digg site. Download the official 
© Digg Inc. 2008 — Content posted by Digg users is