Sentences with phrase «minutes without oxygen»
They're also, essentially, miracles: besides living up to ten times longer than other rodents and being immune to cancer, they can also survive up to 18 minutes without oxygen.
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In the ever beautifully bizarre world of nature's strangest mammal, the naked - mole rat can live for nearly 20 minutes without oxygen.
A few minutes without oxygen may not do too much damage to our muscles but can irreparably harm the brain.
Nothing lives over 2 - 3 minutes without oxygen.
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From termites to blue whales, virtually all life on Earth depends on plants» ability to turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into food — and without the waste product, oxygen, you would be dead in minutes.
Oxygen is obviously essential for life — going without it for a few short minutes can cause permanent damage and ultimately death.
An investigation revealed that the man went without oxygen for almost ten minutes during the surgery, leaving him with severe brain damage.
Children can drown in only a few inches of water, and it takes only minutes for a child to be without oxygen before serious brain injuries or even death occur.
A lack of oxygen for one minute is much more severe than 10 seconds without sufficient oxygen.