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Kevin Costner's creepy webs and gross gills behind his ears in Waterworld may have just been science fiction, but now an Indonesia n tribe who spends nearly 60% of their day in the ocean has been found to have 'genetically adapted' to being underwater. Typically, as you swim deeper into the ocean an increase in water pressure causes the lung's blood vessels to fill with excess blood, causing a rupture and, in some cases, death.
Ilardo, from Cambridge University, says the nomadic people can "dive repeatedly for eight hours a day, spending about 60% of their time underwater". After studying the tribe, she discovered that they have a genetic advantage when swimming underwater, in part, because of their extra large spleens. Some of their divers claim to have been under the sea for as long as 13 minutes, all while 'reaching the bottom of the ocean'.
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