RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] What ever became of the haemosponge?

[MerlinSub@t-online.de]

Very deep diving? 

vbr carsten 

"Joseph Perkel" <joeperkel@hotmail.com> schrieb:
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> "....Water is much dense than air and our diaphragm is not strong enough to move the amount of water needed to do the oxygen exchange. Water contains also much less oxygen than air......"
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> I would say that the above (pulmonary system), is likely the limiting factor. The others are more or less surmountable. This would then lead one to conclude technically to, bypass the pulmonary system (while filling all cavities with non-compressible fluid), millions of tiny alveoli to fill!!
>  
> I can see a military use, (maybe), but to what end? Seems to me today's "Frogman" needs only a short transit underwater to sneak up on that oil platform, (ala Seals in Gulf War one).
>  
> Joe
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>




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