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Yeah, sperm whales can do 90 minutes and the longest recorded beaked whale dive is over two hours. Heck, the human record is something like 20 minutes, by some

• ddeck 10y ago
  To clarify, the static apnea record breathing normal air beforehand is just under 12 minutes. The record you are referring to involves breathing pure oxygen beforehand, is 24 minutes, and is nonetheless amazing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_apnea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_apnea I'd always thought the egg laying, electrolocating Platypus was the strangest mammal: "The platypus feeds by neither sight nor smell, closing its eyes, ears, and nose each time it dives. Rather, when it digs in the bottom of streams with its bill, its electroreceptors detect tiny electric currents generated by muscular contractions of its prey" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus
  • daxfohl 10y ago
    FWIW geckos need quantum mechanics just to walk.
    • stickfigure 10y ago
      ...and I, for one, welcome our new platypus-gecko hybrid overlords!
  • kakarot 10y ago
    Don't sharks do this, too?
    • chrisbennet 10y ago
      Yes, using the Ampullae of Lorenzini in their snout. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullae_of_Lorenzini https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullae_of_Lorenzini
      • kakarot 10y ago
        Too cool. Thanks!