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Lungless Frog Adaptation Reduces Buoyancy :: Oblate Spheroid

Lungless Frog Adaptation Reduces Buoyancy :: Oblate Spheroid

"Barbourula Kalimantanensis - The frog, which has no lungs and breathes through its skin, was found in a remote part of Indonesia's Kalimantan province on Borneo island, a discovery that researchers said...

created by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Plastic bottle saves Japanese sailor

"Tsuyoshi Kurosawa, a 28-year-old crewman on the 2,997-ton tanker Sakura Maru, was lost at sea for 10 hours after he fell in the sea late Tuesday while relieving himself over the side of the vessel. "As an empty plastic bottle was floating by, he used it as buoyancy until he...

created by uusjio | 4 years ago
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What makes a good swimmer?

"The best swimmers tend to be tall and thin with long arms, long legs, long feet, and long hands. The size of their hands gives them great "water grasp", and only a very small hand movement keeps them afloat. They...