people thinking they're too smart to watch this video and then post comments saying how stupid this video is, but still watch it because they dont know the answer x)
This is funny because I literally just finished reading the exact article, word for word on why humans can't breathe underwater. Having said so, it was nice to find a video that actually gave a verbal demonstration of the article. Gives more perspective and makes it easy to take in the information. Great video overall. Thank you! :)
From The Straight Dope (website): [Gills] are rather delicate, and their tremendous surface area (the main thing that makes them work so well) is dependent on being immersed in water to support their weight. Out of water, the gills collapse like wet tissue paper, and very little surface area is left exposed for gas exchange. Most fish, therefore, can only survive a short time out of water before oxygen deficiency catches up with them and they asphyxiate.
More than half is oxygen. The other major elements are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Minor elements are potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. There are trace amounts of many other elements, some essential; most notably, iron.
all i can say is, that i breath through my nose and i was on the bottom of the swimmingpool, about 1.5 meter deep. and i was moving very slow forwrads. i could easely breath slowly, and i remember that if you devide your nose in to 2 parts upper and lower part, that i breath through the upper part sort a say. (sorry for my english)
I read somewhere your body only really needs to breath once every minute to get the correct amount of oxygen. The reason we breath so much is to rid our body of co2.
isn't "dissolved oxygen in water" the same as breathing water? just that they separate the O from the H2O? I don't understand what he means when he says they don't breathe water but the dissolved oxygen in water...
well the carbon dioxide is not really "dissolved" in the beverages like oxygen is dissolved in water - it exists in an chemical equilibrium and changes form CO2 + H2O back and forth with H2CO3 where oxygen dissolved in water just stays O2 and does not react with the H2O.
2:20 Whales breathe air like us because their evolutionary ancestors never HAD gills in the first place - they were land animals. It also makes sense that gills would not be a viable option for a whale, but that is not why they don't have them. It's really just that that isn't the kind of animal that they are.
He said that there is 20x as much oxygen in the air. Some people live with only one lung. I would assume that would mean you'd have to have about 20 lungs.
i can breath under water, dont know if i can still doe it, but when i was younger i couldt breath, but after 2 min. i was scared so i went up, but there was no problem what so ever....
Nitrogen is mostly inert, because nitrogen molecules have a triple bond (incredibly hard to break), so we would need to put in a huge amount of effort to break it up.
So could we attach a device that separates oxygen from air by the force of us breathing? maybe not enough to keep us alive but enough to use in a 3rd oxygen tank
There is a nano-filter respirator nearly ready for market now. Just a facemask with a double filter, and unlimited time underwater until the filters get clogged.
Think about it this way. You were in your mother's womb for 9 months and ( I think ) you were in liquid. If you were in there for 9 months with that liquid can't you adapt to it? (If you see this comment and say it's a dumb question, Please scroll down )
so i guess the only reasonable explanation of how i was able to breathe water would have to be GOD. playing in a lake one day, i should have drowned, twice. instead, both times, i breathed water. inhaling and exhaling water three times, exhaling the water out and breathing air in when i hit the surface of the lake. i was roughly 7 yrs old at the time. the second time it happened, my mom saw me expel the water and made me get out of the water for the rest of the day.
You didn;t mention the important thing about Fluorocarbons and why they failed. It gives you the oxygen, but there's no exchange with CO2, CO2 doesn't go out of your lungs with liquids
I always thought that fish breathed water -- not the gasses dissolved inside of it! Welp, my mind has been blown. I'm FINished. Respect to Ben for concisely explaining this and holding my ADHD brain's attention.
i was expecting him to say that it will go into your lung and you will drown and die i got way more information than i expected thats why i like this channel
I read a sci fi book once where they filled a space ship with a breathable liquid so that the ship could withstand Jupiter's pressure. I didn't know it was actually possible to breathe a liquid but I guess it makes sense, thanks for the vid!
They could have ommited the first minute and a half because I'm certain none of us was wondering why we can't breathe the oxygen present in the molecule of water. Oxygen in air is nothing else than O2 diluted in a fluid (nitrogen), just as O2 is diluted in water; so if you ask me, saying basically that we can't breathe under water just because gills are different to lungs is a very poor explanation, because everybody knows that already
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people thinking they're too smart to watch this video and then post comments saying how stupid this video is, but still watch it because they dont know the answer x)
i breath underwater really well... when i asleep.. and dreaming...
jack hibbertOne same xD
Is it just me or did anyone else also notice the fact than Ben is reading from another source right next to the camera lens! :O
Daksh Arora he is
Hm.. Seems a bit fishy to me.
Took a year for me to notice this wet pun indeed...
Dolphins13718 lol.
You guys remember the movie The Abyss? There is a scene where the actor actually breathes that orange liquid in some kind of space suit looking thing.
This is funny because I literally just finished reading the exact article, word for word on why humans can't breathe underwater. Having said so, it was nice to find a video that actually gave a verbal demonstration of the article. Gives more perspective and makes it easy to take in the information.
Great video overall. Thank you! :)
man thank you for answering my child hood question even tho i never even bother bought it back up for a while
I always look at my gold fish and ask myself why they like bubbles I know why now thanks
How do gills of fish work?
From The Straight Dope (website):
[Gills] are rather delicate, and their tremendous surface area (the main thing that makes them work so well) is dependent on being immersed in water to support their weight. Out of water, the gills collapse like wet tissue paper, and very little surface area is left exposed for gas exchange. Most fish, therefore, can only survive a short time out of water before oxygen deficiency catches up with them and they asphyxiate.
Wow, I thought I knew where that was going, but you surprised me! Love it
Good to know. Thanks for the video. There are many other videos that seem like they would cover this in depth, but don't.
Thanks, drhilltube! I really appreciate your time.
so the three video links at the end dont't work.
I've got a question or two! How thin are bubbles? How strong are they?
i know all that, but would it theoretically work?
I think that's a cool analogy! It helped me understand!
um we can breath water inside of our embryo during child hood so why cant we now
"The Abyss" good movie that utilizes that concept positively!
Also, our bodies adapt to breath air filtered oxygen as we grow as we no longer need this attribute.
DeadliestPotato do newborns have it? Like day olds not months
Wrong.. We breathe it through the placenta tube.. We breathe through our own lungs
TakeAPill Ummm no that’s not how it works😂
so elements are like people? All the same ingredients but all different?
Exactly
yeah but were we once in side our moms were mostly made out of water inside
Thanks Ben, love your work.
I love your videos and all the new things I have learned.
More than half is oxygen. The other major elements are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Minor elements are potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. There are trace amounts of many other elements, some essential; most notably, iron.
I was thinking about asking my friend's kids this after lockdown. A simple question with a very interesting answer. Cheers.
is it posible? or do you just have to lern to hold your breth insted?
im tring to be a mermaid
*holds a glass of water over my head*
There, I'm breathing under water.
all i can say is, that i breath through my nose and i was on the bottom of the swimmingpool, about 1.5 meter deep. and i was moving very slow forwrads.
i could easely breath slowly, and i remember that if you devide your nose in to 2 parts
upper and lower part, that i breath through the upper part sort a say.
(sorry for my english)
I read somewhere your body only really needs to breath once every minute to get the correct amount of oxygen. The reason we breath so much is to rid our body of co2.
My cousin died because of your video. He thought he could breath underwater because he was an extraordinary person but instead he drowned.
Hey what about water-births? The babies start swimming and stay underwater, but I really dunno how long.
what if some of us can, but they don't know cuz they never tried?
Jasper, your kind comment made my day. Thanks a million!
thank you so much! this helped me a lot with my Chemics Paper
it would be cool if we also had gills since we first were fish, so we could breathe above water and under water. but our bodies are dumb
isn't "dissolved oxygen in water" the same as breathing water? just that they separate the O from the H2O? I don't understand what he means when he says they don't breathe water but the dissolved oxygen in water...
doesnt the mantis shrimp punch so fast it forms air bubbles?we might be able to anything
so what if we had 4 lungs instead of two would that be enough mass to absorb the oxygen in the water...
Really interesting video. Could or has anyone had more than one heart or two lungs implanted?
well the carbon dioxide is not really "dissolved" in the beverages like oxygen is dissolved in water - it exists in an chemical equilibrium and changes form CO2 + H2O back and forth with H2CO3 where oxygen dissolved in water just stays O2 and does not react with the H2O.
And what about oxygenated water? Would that be enough to make someone breath oxygen disolved in liquid?
2:20 Whales breathe air like us because their evolutionary ancestors never HAD gills in the first place - they were land animals. It also makes sense that gills would not be a viable option for a whale, but that is not why they don't have them. It's really just that that isn't the kind of animal that they are.
He said that there is 20x as much oxygen in the air. Some people live with only one lung. I would assume that would mean you'd have to have about 20 lungs.
Watching this as I'm drowning
Did you make it?
@@thepimp8485 nah man. Currently a ghost floating around right now
what about the idea of super oxygenated water
Could u guys possibly do a question having to do with halo?
It's funny you mention that. We were just talking about Halo the other day in the office. What would you like us to look into?
Possibly how a MJOLNIR spartan suit works... Or something about slip space.
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks no do it on Evangelion
Can you own breathe after neuromuscular blocking agent
do one about life in the womb and how baby's survive the nine months please.
Is it possible for uk
I think that's a great idea, too. Thanks for posting!
The cold-blooded thing is a tangled problem.
Made my evening bro :D
Which elements are humans made up of.
isnt this the guy from the 'Stuff they dont want you to know' channel?
Did you write this script yourself, Mister Ben?
what about the other Animals that have the ability to breathe both under water and on land?
+방장군 Some amphibious fish are able to absorb oxygen directly through their skin, be it on land or in the water.
awesome video
i can breath under water, dont know if i can still doe it, but when i was younger i couldt breath, but after 2 min. i was scared so i went up, but there was no problem what so ever....
Great video, great info! :-) Thank you!
I had a time I had to swim through the hole, but I did not breathe but I went ahead and then suddenly I had a mouth full of air and I swam calmly why?
Air bubble??
Caoimhe Franklin maby but it is strange
They are normally still connected with the umbilical cord.
i typed up how do fish drown underwater from spongebob but i got this i appreiciate your hard work explianing it to us god bless you man
I thought that Carbon Dioxide can't dissolve in water because it is non polar and water is polar?
then what liquid is used in sodas. they're all based on water. sure they have acids mixed in but not carbonated water.
Question! Why can't we breathe nitrogen? (Although technically a small % is inhaled when we breathe)
Nitrogen is mostly inert, because nitrogen molecules have a triple bond (incredibly hard to break), so we would need to put in a huge amount of effort to break it up.
wait so what will happen if you put a fish in carbonated water?
Well it’s probably best we stay on land it’s scary down there even in regular lakes
You are indeed first, lupic90. Congratulations!
So could we attach a device that separates oxygen from air by the force of us breathing? maybe not enough to keep us alive but enough to use in a 3rd oxygen tank
There is a nano-filter respirator nearly ready for market now. Just a facemask with a double filter, and unlimited time underwater until the filters get clogged.
Thanks :)
don't want to sound dumb, but i swear babies and breath underwater when there very young, or go into some sort of hibernation state?
Well done, thank you.
i liked this explanation.
That crazy What’s going on with the technology today for deep-sea diving
Think about it this way. You were in your mother's womb for 9 months and ( I think ) you were in liquid. If you were in there for 9 months with that liquid can't you adapt to it?
(If you see this comment and say it's a dumb question, Please scroll down )
So how would mermaids work? Would they need to be cold-blooded? Is that possible?
I know why we cant breathe in underwater already.
Because we don't have a geels but fish has.
The geels means that can breathe underwater.
@xmCism its possible, but we don't know what be consequences may be
Cool im doing stuff on tides And this is a cool add on thanks
almost everybody is posting mean or rude comments
Thank you 😊
OOh, Just mind blown ! THank you !
I'll get a friend to breath under water. I'll just poke him with a knife on whatever is facing out of water so he'll breath.
Thomas Garcia that makes no sense
can you plz do an episode about why FISH can breathe underwater but not on land?
Hey Max! I'll definitely add that to our list. I was wondering the same thing after Sharknado came out! ;)
Thanks!!! You guys are awesome. I look forward for more foodstuff... one word: BACON
Fish have gills which filter out the water. They are able to breathe oxygen like us, but they just have a different way.
OMFG
$DameDoLLa$ that's why I always said
Is is possible for humans to mentally evolve ourselves
Water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, so why aren't we able to breathe underwater? Find out why: Why Can't We Breathe Underwater? …
How did they find out we could breathe fluorocarbons? Lab accident? I need to look that up...
so i guess the only reasonable explanation of how i was able to breathe water would have to be GOD. playing in a lake one day, i should have drowned, twice. instead, both times, i breathed water. inhaling and exhaling water three times, exhaling the water out and breathing air in when i hit the surface of the lake. i was roughly 7 yrs old at the time. the second time it happened, my mom saw me expel the water and made me get out of the water for the rest of the day.
@@SpiritSinger REALY? :O
You didn;t mention the important thing about Fluorocarbons and why they failed. It gives you the oxygen, but there's no exchange with CO2, CO2 doesn't go out of your lungs with liquids
I always thought that fish breathed water -- not the gasses dissolved inside of it!
Welp, my mind has been blown. I'm FINished.
Respect to Ben for concisely explaining this and holding my ADHD brain's attention.
why can't water burn or catch fire?
It can
+HydraTek ~ It can also explode. Did in a microwave oven a couple of times. Using a glass measuring cup. Didn't try a third time. :-(
+Randall Grathwohls How the heck could it catch fire?
SquidMannn | Redstone Master if it has a high concentration of a flammable substance (ex. oil)
HydraTek Water doesn't have oil in it though.
I just wanna breathe underwater so I can feel like Ariel dammit
\o3o/ I accomplished something today! Now if only I could stop procrastinating and accomplish finishing my homework -3-
i was expecting him to say that it will go into your lung and you will drown and die i got way more information than i expected thats why i like this channel
I literally read this on Wikipedia just as he said it here word by word. I wonder who wrote it first.
This script was based on an article from our website, HowStuffWorks: science.howstuffworks.com/question386.htm
Why cant i see air?
Who would try breathing cfc's?!
Let me prove I can breathe underwater. Here:
*** drowns ***
I read a sci fi book once where they filled a space ship with a breathable liquid so that the ship could withstand Jupiter's pressure. I didn't know it was actually possible to breathe a liquid but I guess it makes sense, thanks for the vid!
What movie it is
@@chengalpattugodsatsang555 It's a book. I think it was Jupiter by Ben Bova
@@ybor363 thanks dude
They could have ommited the first minute and a half because I'm certain none of us was wondering why we can't breathe the oxygen present in the molecule of water. Oxygen in air is nothing else than O2 diluted in a fluid (nitrogen), just as O2 is diluted in water; so if you ask me, saying basically that we can't breathe under water just because gills are different to lungs is a very poor explanation, because everybody knows that already
I watched the whole thing to see if youd mention technology solving that problem thus making it a nonissue
Wh- what i putted waterbottle on my head i was under the water but why could i breath
Thanks for watching, JJ!
So why do fish "drown" outside water?
Why can't we edit DNA?
ill think of a better comment to comment later, either way great videos. :D