We don't know exactly how long she could hold her breath underwater, but she clearly pushed herself to the limit: She repeatedly ruptured an eardrum from the hours she spent in studio tanks.

It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long time. A sperm whale can spend around 90 minutes hunting underwater before it has ...

The record for holding your breath underwater (amongst humans) is an impressive 24 minutes and 37 seconds, set by freediver Budimir Šobat in 2021. He beat the next-longest breath hold by just 34 ...

Hippos spend a lot of time in the water, but they can only stay submerged for around 5 minutes at a time ...

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This helps them use the oxygen they have in their bodies more slowly. Furthermore, beaked whales (which can dive for a particularly long time) have a streamlined body shape. Their flippers fit in ...

“Well, they wouldn’t need to eat the fish, of course, just hold their breath.” “The experimental data support the study’s conclusions, but they are not unequivocal,” says zoologist ...

A new study from researchers at the University of St. Andrews’s Sea Mammal Research Unit in Scotland suggests that some seals can cognitively perceive their blood oxygen supply and plan their diving ...

Hammerhead sharks can hold their breath to survive almost freezing-cold waters during deep dives, a study has found. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Science on Thursday ...

What do elite Navy SEALS, world-class free-divers, and marine mammals have in common? They all push the limits of breath-hold ...

If you’re wondering why it took so long to bring them back after their ... blood started going up while they were holding their breath, they’d never get anything done. But it seems they ...