• Kalcifer
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    17 hours 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?

    • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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      4 hours 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.

    • Scubus
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      16 hours ago

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