Human vs cetacean divers

Following a deep dive in water, humans can experience severe pains upon returning to the surface too quickly, and the resulting body injury may cause unconsciousness and death. Aches are so severe in some cases, commonly in the joints, that divers bend over in agony. Hence, the name, the bends. However, the more common name for this condition is decompression sickness, meaning that the sickness results from decreasing pressure. Divers experience decreasing pressure upon ascent …

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