How Long Can Animals Hold Their Breath?

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How Long Can Animals Hold Their Breath?

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Mar 7, 2019

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Humans tend to max out at a couple minutes of breath holding, but some air-breathing reptiles and even mammals have evolved to spend extreme lengths of time underwater. Learn how long (and how they manage it) in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Mar 7, 2019

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