Cuvier's beaked whale spends almost FOUR HOURS underwater - in record-breaking dive

UK Daily Mail ^ | September 24, 2020 | Joe Pinkstone

[C19fan]

A whale has stunned scientists by staying submerged underwater for almost four hours.

The mammal belongs to the species Curvier's beaked whale, which is known for their diving prowess.

But researchers were amazed by the 222 minute dive time because it is more than seven times longer than the believed maximum duration of the animal's oxygen reserves, just 33 minutes.

[EEGator]

I’m going to try to break this record in my bathtub.

[EEGator]

It says a human can dive for 22 minutes?!

I almost die around 2 minutes.

[Larry Lucido]

George Costanza wouldn’t have been surprised.

[dljordan]

“I’m going to try to break this record in my bathtub.”

Let us know how it works out. Has your wife got your logon?

[KarlInOhio]

It cheated by swallowing a scuba driver earlier in the day. The bubbles are like champagne for whales and sharks.

[EEGator]

I’m single. If you don’t hear from me in 2 weeks, the whale won.
:)

[Rebelbase]

George Costanza would have drowned.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

There’s the makings of a song there

I fought the whale
And the whale won

[redshawk]

Beaked Whale.... Didn’t know Stacy Abrams was that talented.... Deserves to be on SCOTUS

[EEGator]

Nay, Emperor.

There’s no need for three branches and a Constitution when you have an omnipotent Black woman.

[Czech_Occidentalist]

It says a human can dive for 22 minutes?!

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He breathed 100% oxygen before the dive. I think the record without breathing 100% oxygen before the dive is about 11 or 12 minutes.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

There were times in my younger days when breathing out the top of my head would have been an immense benefit

[Texas Eagle]

Goodness gracious. You mean all this time the science on how long a beaked whale can stay submerged hasn’t even been settled but somehow the science on climate change has?

[spudville]

Didn’t know Stacy Abrams was that talented.... Deserves to be on SCOTUS
That is her dying wish. Which, as we all know now, supersedes the constitution.

[I-ambush]

Why the hell does Cuvier get is own beaked whale? No one offered a beaked whale to me!

[Boogieman]

Can be done but you need to train for years to get to that level. Basically only the old pearl divers who used to go down with no scuba gear could do that.

[viewfromthefrontier]

Best thread today so far. :)

[subterfuge]

I thought scientists knew everything?

[JimRed]

Is it possible that the whale surfaced unseen to breathe, at least several times?