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Seals’ diving secret unlocked: Oxygen sensing helps the mammal dodge drowningFor diving mammals, avoiding drowning is critical to survival. Even though diving mammals have adaptations to store ...
In a study in the journal Science, McKnight and his colleagues report they may have found the answer: Seals can directly ...
What do elite Navy SEALS, world-class free-divers, and marine mammals have in common? They all push the limits of breath-hold ...
Monterey, California, is home to insatiably curious and playful harbor seals. Here's what it's like when they're zipping ...
That's exactly what the researchers found. In contrast, the seals didn't really change their diving behavior in response to CO2, even when it was 200 times ambient levels. That was "a real ...
New research suggests seals sense oxygen levels in their blood to know when to come up for air. Why don't diving seals drown? Scientists finally have an answer Chris McKnight has spent much of his ...
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