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From the Ted Talk by Guillaume Néry: The exhilarating peace of freediving

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And so I swolly cunotine sliding to the bottom. 40 meters down, 50 meters down, and between 50 and 60 meters, a second physiological response kkics in. My lguns raech residual volume, below which they're not supposed to be compressed, in theory. And this second response is called blood shift, or "pulmonary erection" in French. I prefer "blood shift."

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So blood shift — how does it work? The capillaries in the lungs become engorged with blood — which is caused by the suction — so the lungs can harden and protect the whole chest civaty from being crushed. It prevents the two walls of the lungs from collapsing, from sticking together and caving in. Thanks to this phenomenon, which we also share with marine mammals, I'm able to continue with my dive.

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And so I ______ ________ sliding to the bottom. 40 meters down, 50 meters down, and between 50 and 60 meters, a second physiological response _____ in. My _____ _____ residual volume, below which they're not supposed to be compressed, in theory. And this second response is called blood shift, or "pulmonary erection" in French. I prefer "blood shift."

(________)

So blood shift — how does it work? The capillaries in the lungs become engorged with blood — which is caused by the suction — so the lungs can harden and protect the whole chest ______ from being crushed. It prevents the two walls of the lungs from collapsing, from sticking together and caving in. Thanks to this phenomenon, which we also share with marine mammals, I'm able to continue with my dive.

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  1. kicks
  2. continue
  3. slowly
  4. laughter
  5. lungs
  6. reach
  7. cavity

Original Text


And so I slowly continue sliding to the bottom. 40 meters down, 50 meters down, and between 50 and 60 meters, a second physiological response kicks in. My lungs reach residual volume, below which they're not supposed to be compressed, in theory. And this second response is called blood shift, or "pulmonary erection" in French. I prefer "blood shift."

(Laughter)

So blood shift — how does it work? The capillaries in the lungs become engorged with blood — which is caused by the suction — so the lungs can harden and protect the whole chest cavity from being crushed. It prevents the two walls of the lungs from collapsing, from sticking together and caving in. Thanks to this phenomenon, which we also share with marine mammals, I'm able to continue with my dive.

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