Can whales get the bends?
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Nov2024 (Volume) 37 (Number) 2
Classif
570 BIO
Subject
Biology
Page
16 - 19
Authors
Russell, Kit
Contents
When humans dive, they risk getting painful and potentially life-threatening decompression sickness (also know as 'the bends'). However, evolution appears to have enabled marine mammals to solve that problem. The author explores how marine mammals avoid the bends.
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