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At 10:04 AM 2/17/95 -0400, Norm_Donkersloot@cc*.or*.mm*.co* wrote:
>Why dont whales get the bends is quite simple.  They are much smarter than
>humans and know their limits.  Lets face they are in their natural
>environment and we divers are only visiting it.

>Whales probably have a better set of tables to go by too.


It is my understanding that a Whale's lungs completely collapse at depth,
with absorption of all the lung gasses into the bloodstream.  And, on 
ascent, the gasses come back out.  This would at least lead one to the
conclusion that their systems are much better suited for the transfer of
gasses than, for example, ours.

So, they just do it better.  We can always hope that we might one day
evolve to their level of grace and sensitivity.  Not to mention the 
diving skills.

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