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Is it bad to hold your pee? - Heba Shaheed

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Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life force us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? Heba Shaheed takes us inside the bladder to find out.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Heba Shaheed
Script Editor
Emma Bryce
Director
Outis
Animator
Stevica Zivkov, Milos Zivkov
Sound Designer
Weston Fonger
Narrator
Julianna Zarzycki

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