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Subject: Re: Whales and the bends?
From: hgartner@ra*.or* (Harold Gartner)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 21:09:18 -0800

>Why dont whales get bends?
>
>        Well simply put they do not breath compressed air so
>physiologically speaking they are in no position to saturate there system
>to the point of DCS.  Any rebutles?
>
>                Peter
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Your answer is inadequate:  Human free divers can get DCS so the issue is
not compressed air alone.


Harold Gartner
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