Top Ad Slot
🤯 Did You Know (click to read)
Deep ocean temperatures remain consistently near freezing worldwide, regardless of tropical surface heat.
Baird’s beaked whales routinely descend into deep ocean layers where temperatures hover just above 0°C, enduring prolonged exposure during foraging dives that can last over an hour.
Mid-Content Ad Slot
💥 Impact (click to read)
At depths nearing 3,000 meters, near-freezing water combines with crushing pressure exceeding 300 atmospheres, creating conditions lethal to unadapted mammals within minutes.
Its ability to regulate internal temperature in this environment demonstrates how marine mammals evolved thermal insulation and metabolic control that defy intuitive limits for warm-blooded animals.
💬 Comments