However, in certain environmental conditions, turtles can breathe out of their cloaca, which is the orifice where eggs, urine, and feces come out. They do this during brumation, a somewhat similar ...

In turtles, as in other reptiles (including birds), the reproductive and digestive tracts merge into a single pipe called the cloaca. Some species of turtles have a pair of sacs sprouting from ...