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"My Lungs Are Then the Size of a Lemon": What Is the "Blood Shift", Which Allows Apneists to Survive in Depth?

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Physiological phenomenon found in marine mammals, the "blood shift" helps to limit the compression of the lungs and helps apneists reach extreme depths. In an online documentary on The Team, the abyss recordman Arnaud Jerald details the mechanism.
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Physiological phenomenon found in marine mammals, the "blood shift" helps to limit the compression of the lungs and helps apneists reach extreme depths. In an online documentary on The Team, the abyss recordman Arnaud Jerald details the mechanism.

·Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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L'ÉQUIPE broke the news in Boulogne-Billancourt, France on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
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