Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Would you swim alongside whales? http://bbc.in/Zp4LqY


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Would you swim alongside whales? http://bbc.in/Zp4LqY

Freedivers are risking their lives to get up close to these ocean giants.

"I'm not an adrenaline junky with a death wish and yet, against my better judgement, and my mother's protestations, I found myself floating in the open sea with a group of marine mammal scientists..."

"With just one breath it's possible for experienced freedivers to stay underwater for more than four minutes. Sperm whales and humpback whales are often attracted to the freedivers who look like no other marine mammal - and sometimes, with a little luck, welcome the divers into their pods for hours at a time" - James Nestor, author of Deep Read in full: http://bbc.in/Zp4LqY
"With just one breath it's possible for experienced freedivers to stay underwater for more than four minutes. Sperm whales and humpback whales are often attracted to the freedivers who look like no other marine mammal - and sometimes, with a little luck, welcome the divers into their pods for hours at a time" - James Nestor, author of Deep Read in full: http://bbc.in/Zp4LqY
"With just one breath it's possible for experienced freedivers to stay underwater for more than four minutes. Sperm whales and humpback whales are often attracted to the freedivers who look like no other marine mammal - and sometimes, with a little luck, welcome the divers into their pods for hours at a time" - James Nestor, author of Deep Read in full: http://bbc.in/Zp4LqY
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