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IIRC, they keep blood pumping (inefficiently) through their gills while above water. This is less an analogue for "holding your breath" and more for "being on t
by HWR_14 3y ago
IIRC, they keep blood pumping (inefficiently) through their gills while above water. This is less an analogue for "holding your breath" and more for "being on top of Mt. Everest." You're physically trying to get oxygen, it's just not working.
- hutzlibu 3y ago"You're physically trying to get oxygen, it's just not working" Nitpick, but not working as good, because some humans do manage to get enough on Everest, to not need extra supplied oxygen.
- lostlogin 3y agoI understood it as thing that could be tolerated for a short time by some humans. They will die as their saturations are falling, but they get up and then down within a narrow window. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_zone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_zone
- hutzlibu 3y agoYou surely could not live there, but some people managed for astonishing amount of time. (and before they proofed it, it was thought to be literally impossible without extra oxygen)