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 be

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