JT2
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Why don't whales and other marine mammals that can stay submerged so long and dive so deep get the bends???
Can anyone answer this question??
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nickjb
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For the same reason free-divers don't. They are not breathing compressed air while submerged.
Theres a lot more to it than that. Here is an interesting article:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/00/pr0018.htm
Theres a lot more to it than that. Here is an interesting article:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/00/pr0018.htm
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JT2
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There have been reported cases of dcs in free-divers.
spottydog
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Not positive but I think this is what I heard on a programme about seals recently.
Whales and dolphins absord the oxygen before they go underwater and breather out the remaining part of the air.
Seals hold a lungful of air and appear to come up much more slowly very much in the same way that divers are recommended.
If someone else could comfirn i'd be very interested.
Whales and dolphins absord the oxygen before they go underwater and breather out the remaining part of the air.
Seals hold a lungful of air and appear to come up much more slowly very much in the same way that divers are recommended.
If someone else could comfirn i'd be very interested.
Green_Manelishi
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because that is the way God made them.
We were NOT made to be underwater for extended periods
of time and that's why we have to carry all sorts of gear to do
so AND why we are taking a risk in doing so.
We were NOT made to be underwater for extended periods
of time and that's why we have to carry all sorts of gear to do
so AND why we are taking a risk in doing so.
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JT2
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I like Green_Manelishi's answer.
srkdvr
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And I believe it is in your OW book that we can get DCS because we breath compressed air.
Rich :mean:
... but I still wonder about the how's and why's of the design...
... and if we could just borrow a little of it wouldn't that be fun???
... and if we could just borrow a little of it wouldn't that be fun???
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JT2
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Yes Pug, it would definitely be loads of fun!
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