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Video: greyhounds can breathe through bent snouts (and transform into roaches)

Jennifer Sandlin
Mar 15, 2025
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I recently ran across this video of Belle the greyhound sleeping in what looks like a terribly uncomfortable position, with her long bendy snout smushed and askew. I watched it several times because I truly couldn't believe that she—or any creature—could actually breathe like that! But she's clearly breathing, and sleeping, and seems utterly relaxed.

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