Researchers put six grey seals in a specially built tank to work out why they don’t drown - and discovered something unexpected

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Researchers Put Six Grey Seals In A Specially Built Tank To Work Out Why They Don’t Drown - And Discovered Something Unexpected

By BBC Wildlife Magazine

Human freedivers can descend to significant depths on just one lungful of air. To do this they massively overbreathe beforehand to clear their systems of as much carbon dioxide (CO₂) as possible. This is the gas that triggers the normal urge to breat ...Read more