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> Date sent: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 23:03:35 -0500 (EST) > From: "Peter Cian O'Sullivan" <u9306486@mu*.CI*.Mc*.CA*> > Subject: Re: Whales and the bends? > To: Justin Wilson <wilso074@ma*.tc*.um*.ed*> > Copies to: techdiver@opal.com > 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? > Yup! The air in their lungs is in fact compressed (equal to ambient pressure) and they are exposed to higher partial pressures. Spearfishermen and pearldivers do bend on occasion (techdiver discussed it last year I think). As to why whales don't bend, I would think that they have adapted to minimise the risk. They may even do decompression stops (built in mental deco-computer:). James Mitchell Mitchell@od*.ee*.wi*.ac*.za* Electrical Engineering University of the Witwatersrand
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