• XPost3000@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    This feels like the equivalent of getting abducted by a superintelligent alien race, being put into a machine beyond your wildest comprehension, and then probably getting a treat and sent back home where nobody will believe you

    • janus2@lemmy.sdf.org
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      3 months ago

      i got a CT scan once and am a dumbass so the doctors and technicians might as well have been a superintelligent race

      however instead of a treat i got a giant medical bill >:(

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    3 months ago

    funny sad fact, if a person weigh 600 or more lbs, they sometimes have to use xrays/ct/mri in the zoos that are meant for larger animals.

  • sp451@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    Do we also get a thread of pictures of animals getting CT scans with their consent?

      • djsaskdja@reddthat.com
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        3 months ago

        Thanks for sharing. How does the fish one work? The dolphin I get because it breathes oxygen, but don’t all fish have gills? I feel like it should be in the water.

        • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          It can be out for a matter of minutes.

          Humans are just ludicrously overdependent on aerobic respiration, our brain metabolism is overcharged to the point of being broken.

          Most other animals have a lot more room to function sans oxygen, they’re more limited by stored energy reserves.

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      3 months ago

      One of the most difficult parts of veterinary medicine is the fact that your patients can’t directly communicate. Oftentimes, issues go unnoticed simply because the animal masks things like pain. Luckily, the vet immediately knew this hedgehog had something wrong, because it kept exploding into a bunch of golden rings.