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Source: HowStuffWorks "Why can't humans breathe underwater?" | science.howstuffworks.com
Description: The reason we cannot breathe liquid water is because the oxygen used to make the water is bound to two hydrogen atoms, and we cannot breathe the resulting liquid.
Nov 15, 01:46am
Humans cannot breathe underwater because our lungs do not have enough surface area to absorb enough oxygen from water, (more?)
