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These Divers Purposely Rupture Their Own Eardrums
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Imagine piercing your own eardrums... On purpose. • This is a traditional practice for some of the Bajau people of Southeast Asia, who spend much of their time diving in the ocean for food. Creating a hole in the eardrum helps to equalise pressures inside and outside the ear while diving. Note that this practice is becoming less and less common with time. • The Bajau people also show some incredible physiological adaptations to free diving, including enlarged spleen size to enable them to hold their breath underwater for longer. • Refs: • Langenheim, 2010, ‘The last of the sea nomads’ • #sciencefacts #humanbody #bajau #scienceisamazing #freediving #scubadiving
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