Dolphins are able to manipulate their lung compression and control gas exchange with their blood to avoid dangerous nitrogen bubbles forming as they decompress

Diving a kilometre down and not getting 'the bends' - how dolphins do it

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CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom... and everything in between.

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Diving a kilometre down and not getting 'the bends' - how dolphins do it

Diving a kilometre down and not getting 'the bends' - how dolphins do it