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> ...for suggesting sea mammals have a "gland" that filters salt from water. No-one made any such suggestion. One person lamented that such a gland didn't exis
by rosser 7y ago
> ...for suggesting sea mammals have a "gland" that filters salt from water.
No-one made any such suggestion. One person lamented that such a gland didn't exist; they did not assert its existence. The other person didn't mention glands at all.
- umvi 7y agoThe other person responded "sea mammals manage just fine" after I questioned how a salt gland would work in humans. That infers sea mammals have working salt glands.
- jacobolus 7y agoYou are mixing up the words “infer” and “imply”. But anyhow, no the other commenter did not imply that sea mammals have extra salt glands that humans do not.
- umvi 7y ago> But anyhow, no the other commenter did not imply that sea mammals have extra salt glands that humans do not. The other commenter clearly implied 2 things: 1. sea mammals have salt glands 2. their bodies have solved the problem of removing waste salt from said glands There's no way to interpret the commenter's statement otherwise without it being nonsensical. Sea mammals manage (what exactly) just fine? If you can't see that, then I'm sorry, here's a simpler analogy to illustrate my point: Me: "Pancakes can't be made without flour" Commenter: "French chefs manage just fine" A rational person would deduce that what Person 2 is implying is: "French chefs [are able to make pancakes without flour] just fine", not: "French chefs [are able to make pancakes] just fine"
- mixmastamyk 7y agoNot mammals, but some reptiles and birds do. https://seaturtleexploration.com/turtle-tears/ https://seaturtleexploration.com/turtle-tears/