fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoGive us your craziest ocean facts. 🦑mander.xyzimagemessage-square154linkfedilinkarrow-up11.49Karrow-down125
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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoI had to look it up out of curiosity. The rib cage and lungs of sperm whales are adapted to collapse under pressure, squeezing all the air in the lungs into a small space and increasing internal cavity pressure. https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/ocean-depths/pressure/compare-contrast-connect-deep-divers
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 month agoI think that also happens to humans, but without being adapted to it, it’s a one way squeeze.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoLike a tube of toothpaste
minus-squarereptar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWait, why didn’t they get the bends?
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThey know to ascend slowly to avoid it, but it can absolutely happen. https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/how-do-marine-mammals-avoid-getting-the-bends/
I had to look it up out of curiosity. The rib cage and lungs of sperm whales are adapted to collapse under pressure, squeezing all the air in the lungs into a small space and increasing internal cavity pressure.
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/ocean-depths/pressure/compare-contrast-connect-deep-divers
I think that also happens to humans, but without being adapted to it, it’s a one way squeeze.
Like a tube of toothpaste
Not as minty
Depends what you eat.
Wait, why didn’t they get the bends?
They know to ascend slowly to avoid it, but it can absolutely happen.
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/how-do-marine-mammals-avoid-getting-the-bends/
Ty!