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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by kej on Friday April 21, 2017 @12:54AM (#14163180)
Yeah, sperm whales can do 90 minutes and the longest recorded beaked whale dive is over two hours.

Heck, the human record is something like 20 minutes, by some free diver.

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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by ddeck on Friday April 21, 2017 @01:00AM (#14163190)
To clarify, the static apnea record breathing normal air beforehand is just under 12 minutes.

The record you are referring to involves breathing pure oxygen beforehand, is 24 minutes, and is nonetheless amazing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_apnea

I'd always thought the egg laying, electrolocating Platypus was the strangest mammal:

"The platypus feeds by neither sight nor smell, closing its eyes, ears, and nose each time it dives. Rather, when it digs in the bottom of streams with its bill, its electroreceptors detect tiny electric currents generated by muscular contractions of its prey"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus

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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by daxfohl on Friday April 21, 2017 @01:49AM (#14163359)
FWIW geckos need quantum mechanics just to walk.
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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by stickfigure on Friday April 21, 2017 @01:59AM (#14163399)
...and I, for one, welcome our new platypus-gecko hybrid overlords!
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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by kakarot on Friday April 21, 2017 @05:15AM (#14164088)
Don't sharks do this, too?
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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by chrisbennet on Friday April 21, 2017 @07:24AM (#14164563)
Yes, using the Ampullae of Lorenzini in their snout.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullae_of_Lorenzini

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Re:Naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen by kakarot on Friday April 21, 2017 @10:38AM (#14165958)
Too cool. Thanks!
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