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Non-oxygen consuming animal discovered

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In general animals need oxygen to breathe, and it was the general assumption that this is the case for all animals. However, now an animal has been discovered that does not need oxygen. It is not clear yet how the animal generates energy. The animal is a small 10-celled parasite living on salmon muscle.

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