🤯 Did You Know (click to read)
Unlike human divers, deep-diving whales rarely suffer decompression sickness despite descending far beyond recreational diving limits.
During deep dives, Baird’s beaked whales allow their lungs to partially collapse in a controlled manner, reducing nitrogen absorption and preventing decompression sickness under immense pressure.
💥 Impact (click to read)
At depths approaching 3,000 meters, pressure would force air-filled spaces to implode, yet this species avoids lethal nitrogen buildup by shifting oxygen storage into blood and muscle rather than relying on lung air.
This physiological adaptation mirrors techniques used in advanced diving research and informs human understanding of decompression limits, demonstrating that evolution solved extreme pressure challenges long before engineering attempted to.
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