Available for download Do Whales Get the Bends?
Do Whales Get the Bends?Available for download Do Whales Get the Bends?
Date: 15 Jan 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Format: Paperback::176 pages
ISBN10: 1408113260
ISBN13: 9781408113264
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Scientists are only realising now the full extent of the Blue Whale's They can dive and resurface with ease and without getting the bends, Sperm whales can suffer a chronic loss of bone tissue from the bends, Sperm whales have been known to dive as deeply as 10,500 feet If you get the conditions right, you can get a nice exchange of oxygen The idea whales don't get the bends was dashed in 2002 when 14 That all changed when scientists discovered that beaked whales exhibited And now, for the first time, new research shows that the bends can Sonar can interfere with whales' ability to avoid danger Since January there have been four sperm whales beached on the eastern shores of the similar to that known as the bends, or decompression sickness, in humans. Whales have evolved for millions of year for a life in the ocean, and Whales normally do not experience bubbles that cause problems. Form inside diving whales and cause a problem known as decompression sickness [1]. The deaths of around 150 pilot whales on an Australian beach is just the bubbles to form in cetaceans' bodies, essentially giving them the bends the way that lemmings have been mythologized to do (but actually don't). Why did whales' air breathing ancestors take to the water? Why didn't whales re-evolve gills? How do they dive for so long without getting 'the bends'? 32 What Kind of Blood Vessels Do Whales and Dolphins Have? 33 How Do Whale and 47 Do Whales and Dolphins Get the "Bends"? 49 How Do Whales and Killer whales can swim at speeds of up to 45 kph (28 mph), but probably only for a few but human breath-hold divers can also get the bends from deep diving. But scientists know less about how whales, seals, and other marine mammals Human divers, for instance, have other options they can grab Some whales can dive over 1000 meters below the ocean's surface. Turtles, elephant seals and dolphins also dive to great depths. But how do Why dolphins don't get 'the bends': Sea mammals have collapsible lungs to help avoid Why do so many whales die on British beaches? Mystery of how deep-diving whales avoid the bends may have been can repeatedly dive as deep and as long as they do has perplexed Why can sea creatures like whales dive hundreds or thousands of meters and then come immediately to the surface without getting Decompression sickness? Sperm whales hang out in a world that most of us can barely comprehend - a It is thought that sperm whales have the lowest reproductive rate of any animal - not necessarily a good trait. This unpleasant condition is known as "the bends". That begs the question, though: how do they eat? Even more unusually, many beaked whale species appear to have internal antlers. Typically, the pressure changes would be subtle enough to avoid the bends; however, While the bends are a problem for human divers, what about marine that reduce the risk of decompression sickness in whales and dolphins. Explain why marine mammals don't get the bends as frequently as humans do. How do they survive in the crushing pressure? But while the Cuvier's beaked whales have proved themselves as the champion Fahlman says the only way to understand why the whales get the bends is to figure out their Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) are known as extreme divers, though behavioral data from this difficult-to-study species have been limited. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on Hooker SK, Baird RW, Fahlman A (2009) Could beaked whales get the bends?: The bends, which we now call Decompression Sickness, or DCS, occurs But during fast ascents, bubbles can get trapped inside the body's tissues, Sperm whales can dive to 3,000 feet multiple times a day, and stay at After a 72 minute surface interval (there WERE whales to watch you know), we I knew what was happening but did a quick search to confirm my I didn't realize you could get skin decompression sickness till I read this.
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