Whales Can Get The Bends, Too! #shorts #science #scishow

Anyone familiar with scuba diving will have heard of the bends - it's a condition caused by coming up from deep water to the surface too fast. So how to animals that make that trek every day, like whales, avoid getting sick? Turns out, it's all in the nose.

Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)

Emma Dauster: Writer
Angela Reed: Fact Checker
Amy Peterson: Script Editor
Madison Lynn: Videographer
Seth Gliksman: Editor
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Savannah Geary: Producer
Daniel Comiskey: Editorial Director
Nicole Sweeney: Executive Producer
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Source:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569904809001372

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Image Sources:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/amazing-underwater-view-of-humpback-whales-swimming-in-stock-footage/1208439943
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/freediving-in-the-red-sea-freediver-ascends-along-the-stock-footage/1339257118
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-shot-of-a-scuba-diver-emerging-from-the-water-stock-footage/1330251828
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/whale-breathing-on-the-surface-slow-motion-stock-footage/1296782507
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/humpback-whale-and-calf-stock-footage/473172581
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/humpback-whale-calf-breaching-on-the-surface-in-clear-stock-footage/1450002241