Fair enough, but the language you used was inaccurate. They do not 'breathe through their skin'. While it's probably true that 'the amount of oxygen that they can absorb is proportional to their surface area', this must take into account the many ramifications of the trachea inside their bodies, not just their body's outer size...

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