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Any chance this is related to the mammalian diving reflex? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_reflex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_r
by mpk 16y ago
Any chance this is related to the mammalian diving reflex?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_reflex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_reflex
*Immediately upon facial contact with cold water,
the human heart rate slows down ten to twenty-five percent.*
- pmjordan 16y agoVery interesting - the cold shower effect might be, but not the swimming. Call me a wuss but there's no way I'm swimming in water with less than 21°C voluntarily. :-)