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How deep can a human dive? New footage of freediver Guillaume Néry at NEMO 33
The interwebs are awash today with new footage of the past world-record holding, free-diver Guillaume Néry plunging to the of the world’s deepest swimming pool. The NEMO 33 in Brussels, Belgium is unsurprisingly 33 metres deep and contains an unfathomable … Continue reading
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Tagged air breathing, bizarre, breath hold, circulation, circulatory system, constant weight, deepest man in the world, free diving, glossopharyngeal insufflation, Guillaume Néry, guiness world record, haemoglobin, hemoglobin, Herbert Nitsch, human, lung packing, mammalian diving reflex, NEMO 33, no limits, respiratory, respiratory physiology, Ricardo da Gama Bahia, static breath hold, world record
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Sarah versus world record breath-holder Ricardo Da Gama Bahia
While we’re hard to knock off the top of the food chain, humans aren’t known for holding their breath. We’re not designed for diving deep into the ocean like the humpback whale which can hold its breath for 45 minutes … Continue reading
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Tagged air breathing, bizarre, breath hold, circulation, circulatory system, free diving, glossopharyngeal insufflation, guiness world record, haemoglobin, hemoglobin, human, lung packing, mammalian diving reflex, respiratory, respiratory physiology, Ricardo da Gama Bahia, world record
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Whaaaat……eggs breathe? Part II: How bird, reptile and monotreme eggs exchange gases
Now we know how aquatic eggs (amphibians and fish) breathe, let’s explore how eggs that are normally laid on land exchange their respiratory gases. The amniotes (reptiles, birds and mammals) mostly lay their eggs on the land, in burrows or … Continue reading
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Tagged allantois, amnion, amniote, amniotes, animal, birds, breathe, breathing, capillary, carbon dioxide, chorioallantoic membrane, chorion, diffusion, domestic hen, egg, egg pore, egg shell, haemoglobin, hemoglobin, mammals, membrane, monotremes, oxygen, perivitelline fluid, physiology, reptiles, respiratory physiology, respiratory system, water breathing
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