Things You Didn'T Think a Butthole Could Do

From the anal chimneys of crinoids to the tushy lungs of turtles, this episode covers all the weird things that buttholes can do… but shouldn't. 

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Buttholes, cursing, poop, tobacco use, alien abduction 

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