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To: wilso074@ma*.tc*.um*.ed* (Justin Wilson)
Subject: Re: Whales and the bends?
From: "Ken Sallot" <KEN@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*>
Organization: CIRCA, University of Florida
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 08:14:26 EST

> Why don't whales get the bends?

I remember reading something about this recently. If I remember, the 
hypothesis was because the whale's metabolism was slower it made it 
more immune to DCS. It has nothing to do with compressed/uncompressed 
air because many Japanese pearl divers have been known to get bent.

Ken

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