• Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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      19 days ago

      Could it not just sorta flex the tube? Like couldn’t one part of the tube pull on or press off of the next?

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        19 days ago

        As someone who flexes the tube very often, I would guess that the heart would start pumping unwanted fluids

      • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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        19 days ago

        No. This diagram doesn’t show how they got the heart to unravel like that. There’s a layer or wrapping around the heart and internal connective tissues that holds the heart in its traditional state. I’d imagine if the got the muscles of a unrolled heart to contract it would just fold or bind at points. But definitely wouldn’t pump anything.