Ultimate divers.
An extraordinary variety of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles are adapted to life in the oceans. Many of them spend their entire lives there without being able to breathe underwater. But just how do they exploit this hostile environment?
Halsey
Lewis
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School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. lgh013@bham.ac.uk
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D004242:Diving / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012119:Respiration; D014907:Whales / Q000502:physiology*