Dr. Melissa Ilardo

They do, yeah. And in fact, they spend so much time traditionally on these houseboats and so little time on land that a lot of the children actually learn to swim before they learn how to walk. So one of the divers, when I was out there, one of my colleagues noticed that one of the diver's feet was very soft. And we realized that it's because he's never really walking.

They do, yeah. And in fact, they spend so much time traditionally on these houseboats and so little time on land that a lot of the children actually learn to swim before they learn how to walk. So one of the divers, when I was out there, one of my colleagues noticed that one of the diver's feet was very soft. And we realized that it's because he's never really walking.

They do, yeah.

And in fact, they spend so much time traditionally on these houseboats and so little time on land that a lot of the children actually learn to swim before they learn how to walk.

So one of the divers, when I was out there, one of my colleagues noticed that one of the diver's feet was very soft.

And we realized that it's because he's never really walking.

He's just always in the water. So his feet don't develop the same kind of calluses that ours do because he's not using them like we do.

He's just always in the water. So his feet don't develop the same kind of calluses that ours do because he's not using them like we do.

He's just always in the water.

He's just always in the water. So his feet don't develop the same kind of calluses that ours do because he's not using them like we do.

So his feet don't develop the same kind of calluses that ours do because he's not using them like we do.

Yeah, so I was actually diving as part of a coral genomics project in Thailand, escaping Danish winter, because that's where I was doing my PhD. And I heard about a population called the Moken. So that's another group of these sea nomads.

Yeah, so I was actually diving as part of a coral genomics project in Thailand, escaping Danish winter, because that's where I was doing my PhD.

Yeah, so I was actually diving as part of a coral genomics project in Thailand, escaping Danish winter, because that's where I was doing my PhD. And I heard about a population called the Moken. So that's another group of these sea nomads.

Yeah, so I was actually diving as part of a coral genomics project in Thailand, escaping Danish winter, because that's where I was doing my PhD. And I heard about a population called the Moken. So that's another group of these sea nomads.

And I heard about a population called the Moken.

So that's another group of these sea nomads.

And heard about their incredible underwater diving, started looking into it, and saw a study that I think you've seen that showed that children, Moken children, could actually see underwater better than European children.

And heard about their incredible underwater diving, started looking into it, and saw a study that I think you've seen that showed that children, Moken children, could actually see underwater better than European children. And started thinking about, you know, I mean, freediving is really dangerous.

And heard about their incredible underwater diving, started looking into it, and saw a study that I think you've seen that showed that children, Moken children, could actually see underwater better than European children. And started thinking about, you know, I mean, freediving is really dangerous.