Scientists Say Fish Are the World’s Best Athletes
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [ThE WASHINGTON POST] By Darryl Fears - October 9, 2015
Humans toss around sports titles like they own them. “World’s Greatest Athlete.” “World Record Holder.” “Fastest Alive.”
Name any winner at any Olympics at any event in track and field and this much is almost certain, a new research paper argues: A wide variety of athletic fish would blow right by them. Trout, salmon, tuna and other fleet fish are capable of producing far more oxygen in their bodies for mind-blowing performance.
"Fish exploit a mechanism that is up to 50-times more effective in releasing oxygen to their tissues than that found in humans," said Jodie Rummer, the lead author of the study and a ...
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