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All characters appearing in this work are fictional. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Any character images are AI-generated.
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Sources:
- Physiological, morphological, and ecological tradeoffs influence vertical habitat use of deep-diving toothed-whales in the Bahamas: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5636075
- Secrets of animals that dive deep into the ocean: maxineu.com/uploads/2/4/5/6/24568078/secrets_dive_deep.pdf
- The Functional and Ecological Significance of Deep Diving by Large Marine Predators: annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-marine-032521-103517
- How do deep-diving sea creatures withstand huge pressure changes?: scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-deep-diving-sea-cr
- The Respiratory System of the Arctocephalus australis in Comparison to the Dog as a Land-Carnivore: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9855070
- Diving Physiology of Marine Vertebrates: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/about/shortcourses/costa_divingphysiology2007.pdf
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - Background & Investigation
03:45 - Anatomy & Biology
Learn and have fun doing it! Visit brilliant.org/ThoughtPotato for a free 30-day trial of Brilliant, and get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription.
For more information on mermaids, click here: youtube.com/watch?v=lCCp-Q17QAY
This video was edited by @CyanRameron, who does excellent work!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the ‘World of Cryptobiology’ on World Anvil!
▷ World Anvil: worldanvil.com/w/the-cryptobiologist
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All characters appearing in this work are fictional. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Any character images are AI-generated.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sources:
- Physiological, morphological, and ecological tradeoffs influence vertical habitat use of deep-diving toothed-whales in the Bahamas: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5636075
- Secrets of animals that dive deep into the ocean: maxineu.com/uploads/2/4/5/6/24568078/secrets_dive_deep.pdf
- The Functional and Ecological Significance of Deep Diving by Large Marine Predators: annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-marine-032521-103517
- How do deep-diving sea creatures withstand huge pressure changes?: scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-deep-diving-sea-cr
- The Respiratory System of the Arctocephalus australis in Comparison to the Dog as a Land-Carnivore: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9855070
- Diving Physiology of Marine Vertebrates: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/about/shortcourses/costa_divingphysiology2007.pdf
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - Background & Investigation
03:45 - Anatomy & Biology
