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Marine mammals boost brain oxygen supply

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Seals and whales may use oxygen-carrying proteins to protect the brain during long dives.

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  1. Williams, T. M. et al. Proc. R. Soc. B doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1484 (2007).

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  1. Heidi Ledford
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Ledford, H. Marine mammals boost brain oxygen supply. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.385

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