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2006-08-03 09:42:09 · 11 answers · asked by kirdas k 1 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
Since the penguin is drawing it's breath at sea level, holding it and then diving deep the air in its lungs doesn't expand but rather contracts which its lungs can accommodate. As the penguin rises back to sea level the gas expands but only to the level that it was when the breath was taken. The situation is much the same with whales, which dive considerably deeper, but also draw breaths at sea level before diving. If the situation were reversed, the breath were drawn at depth, a scuba diver with his tank running out for example and then the subject were to rise suddenly without exhaling the result would be ruptured lungs and probable death. So long as the breath is being held, easy to say but tough to do, the pressure is less of a factor. That is why free divers, think of them as human penguins, can dive so deep.
2006-08-03 09:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by mjlehde@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Penguins can also swim in icy water and not die. Why? Because penguin physiology and human physiology is completely different. They can do things we can't, just like we can do things they can't. Sperm whales swim much deeper than an emperor penguin can. Why? Because they are build to be able to do that because their survival depends on it. How many people do you know that need to dive 584 feet below the water to find their next meal or escape being eaten?
2006-08-03 16:51:23 · answer #2 · answered by aghostprofilebeingempty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I'm no rocket scientist, and I may only have a 4Th grade education, but I'm assuming that if a human were do dive that deep they may die from the pressure, but penguins have a differently shaped body that i think may be build for swimming.
2006-08-03 16:48:17 · answer #3 · answered by malachidray 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's internal pressure against the ambient pressure of that depth balance out. Believe me...those internal organs get squeezed down pretty small, however, so does the air in it's lungs and elswhere in its body. The gas in solution in it's blood remains at a balanced state as well.
Did you know deep breath-hold diver's lungs get squeezed down to the size of grapefruits? But the body is very flexible and durable, so no harm done.
Compressed scuba air?....THAT'S an entirely different story!
2006-08-03 16:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see the pressure. All he does is eat and reproduce. j/k. Did you watch March of the Penguins? What a great movie. Anyway I'm sure his body is built to stand such pressure.
2006-08-03 16:54:45 · answer #5 · answered by Goblue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're built differently then humans. Dolphins and whales can go that low (and they still need to breathe at the surface), so why should a penguin be different?
2006-08-03 16:46:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't swim deep enough to feel the pressure.
2006-08-03 16:44:10 · answer #7 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I... don't think they die from pressure if they still exist as a specie...
2006-08-03 16:45:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created him so that he can handle the pressure, like all animals He created so that they survive
2006-08-03 16:46:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what do i think... hmmm... i think emperor penguins are going to be an extinct species.
2006-08-04 18:44:07 · answer #10 · answered by -WANTED- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋