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Free diving is any of various aquatic activities that share the practice of breath-holding underwater diving. Examples include breathhold spear fishing, free-dive photog ...
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A reflex action, also known as a reflex, is an involuntary and almost instant movement in response to stimulus. In most contexts, especially involving humans, a refle ...
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The mammalian diving reflex optimizes mammals' respiration to stay underwater for a long time. It is exhibited strongly in aquatic mammals (seals, otters, dolphins, etc ...
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Top Q&A For: Diving Reflex What is diving reflex? The Diving Reflex makes your body need a bit less air so you can stay under water for a longer time. It's a mammal trait more effective in sea animals than humans and is triggered ... http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_diving_reflex
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Top Q&A For: The Diving Reflex What is diving reflex? The Diving Reflex makes your body need a bit less air so you can stay under water for a longer time. It's a mammal trait more effective in sea animals than humans and is triggered ... http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_diving_reflex
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Top Q&A For: Dive Reflex What is diving reflex? The Diving Reflex makes your body need a bit less air so you can stay under water for a longer time. It's a mammal trait more effective in sea animals than humans and is triggered ... http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_diving_reflex Does the Dive
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This phenomenon is known as the mammalian dive reflex, which is activated when the face and body plunge into ice-cold water. The acute cooling results in the ...
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Humans and other mammals have a diving response consisting of a set of reflexes that are activated when our face is cooled (such as by the water durin...
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Mar 11, 2012 ... We engage the diving reflex in an emergency, unlike seals, whales, and penguins, which use the diving reflex as an adaptation to function in ...
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Mar 22, 2012 ... Being under water triggers several biological responses that help to prolong breath holds.
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