Breathing Underwater
How to Die Clever · Season 2 · Episode 37
Professor Mustache explores whether humans could ever breathe underwater, from mythical “men of Atlantis” with gills to sci-fi concepts like liquid breathing seen in films. While such ideas are fascinating, he shows why human biology is fundamentally adapted to air, not water.
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Season
2
Episode
37
Air Date
27/Nov/2017
Air Time
—
Runtime
3 min
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Professor Mustache explores whether humans could ever breathe underwater, from mythical “men of Atlantis” with gills to sci-fi concepts like liquid breathing seen in films. While such ideas are fascinating, he shows why human biology is fundamentally adapted to air, not water.
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