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Exploring the Depths: Free Diving and Scuba Challenges
This chapter examines the fascinating physiological changes in the body during free diving, emphasizing the splenic function as a blood reservoir. It also discusses the depths reached in free diving and the contrast with the intense world of no limits free diving, before moving on to the difficulties of deep-sea scuba diving and the immense endurance demanded for such endeavors.
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