We
knew they were pretty good at deep diving and, well, they’ve just broken the
mammalian record – the less-hairy-marine-mammal record that is – for the
deepest longest dive ever!
They clocked up an almost two and a half hour dive at a depth of nearly three kilometres. That’s pretty deep, like 2992 metres. And for those of you who haven’t switched over to the metric system yet, it’s nearly two miles. Incredible!
They’ve gazumped the elephant seals who held the previous record for deep diving at just under two and a half kilometres (2388 metres) for two hours.
They’ve gazumped the elephant seals who held the previous record for deep diving at just under two and a half kilometres (2388 metres) for two hours.
I wonder whether Mrs Mer and I will evolve and be able
to hold our breath for that long...
Check it out at PLOS
Check it out at PLOS
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