Dr. Melissa Ilardo
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first heard May 2025
last heard May 2025
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No wetsuits. Well, now they wear wetsuits. Up until the 80s, they were diving in these cotton bodysuits that you can see provide zero thermal protection. I mean, it's just cotton swimsuit, essentially. So, you know, diving with no protection in extremely cold water. And as women, they're diving throughout pregnancy. So they're diving up until the day they give birth sometimes.
No wetsuits.
Well, now they wear wetsuits.
Up until the 80s, they were diving in these cotton bodysuits that you can see provide zero thermal protection.
I mean, it's just cotton swimsuit, essentially.
So, you know, diving with no protection in extremely cold water.
And as women, they're diving throughout pregnancy.
So they're diving up until the day they give birth sometimes.
And then they're back in the water a few days later.
And then they're back in the water a few days later. So this has really shaped this population in really interesting ways.
So this has really shaped this population in really interesting ways.
This is a really good question I get asked a lot.
This is a really good question I get asked a lot. How deep do any of these populations dive? And there's just, like, not really data. So we don't really know. You know, now we're starting to see, you know, we're looking at the Henyo. We actually tracked some of their diving. And their dives tended to be much shallower, you know, not really going any deeper than 10 meters, 30 feet.
How deep do any of these populations dive?
And there's just, like, not really data.
So we don't really know.
You know, now we're starting to see, you know, we're looking at the Henyo.
We actually tracked some of their diving.
And their dives tended to be much shallower, you know, not really going any deeper than 10 meters, 30 feet.
But they're also in their 70s, 80s even.
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