What If You Had to Live Underwater for Years

How long can you hold your breath underwater? Aleix Segura Vendrell, a professional free diver from Spain, managed to hold his breath for 24 minutes and 4 seconds. I know, it s hard to wrap your mind around. But it got me wondering: could people live underwater? Come to think of it, living underwater would have loads of advantages. For example, hurricanes and tsunamis wouldn t be dangerous anymore: in a deep-water house, you wouldn t even feel the raging waves. You wouldn t need a swimming pool if you decided to throw a pool party. But if people had to spend their lives in the water, they’d have to evolve and turn into a completely different species... Other videos you might like: They Found a City Under the Bermuda Triangle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goVs04xNp8c& What Would a Trip to the Mariana Trench Be Like? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeW1DU05j7U& What If You Dig a Tunnel Under the Ocean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PZ8KwlxhIk& TIMESTAMPS: It s too cold, it s too dark 1:25 Underwater communication 2:12 Human skin breaks down in the water 3:10 Can underwater cities exist? 4:29 What would we eat? 6:27 Btw, this technology does exist! (Wait, what?!) 7:50 #underwater #whatif #brightside SUMMARY: - Your muscles are built to help you move on land. That s why, if you spent all your time underwater, they would atrophy, and you’d become incredibly weak. - Your limbs aren t the most effective implements when it comes to swimming. That s why you’d also have to grow fins. - At a depth of 650 ft, it would already be too dark for you to see anything. And don t forget about the water pressure! - Your ears and eyes have been developing for thousands of years to work in the air. That s why underwater communication would be a huge challenge. - Scientists still don t understand the reasons completely, but when you spend too much time in the water, your skin starts to break down. - However, scientists don t deny that one day, genetics might go as far as to modify humans so that they’re able to live underwater! - Underwater cities and colonies wouldn t be built deeper than 1,000 feet. Any deeper than that and the structures, along with their inhabitants, would collapse under the incredible pressure. - Plus, people wouldn’t only have to solve the problem of oxygen supply, but also figure out how to maintain the correct ratio of various air components. - One of the main problems in underwater colonies would be an infection. If someone got sick in such an enclosed space, the virus would spread very fast. - But at least underwater colonies wouldn t suffer from a lack of food! Living on the ocean floor, you’d get access to all the seafood you can find there (and that s a lot!). - People could set up farms raising shrimp and fish, which are perfect sources of protein. - It would be possible to grow special plants for making ecologically friendly fuel, such as biodiesel, more cheaply. - The technology to make underwater colonies possible already exists! These colonies can easily support up to 100 people, and scientists are working on ways to make this number bigger. - The main problems so far are creating working evacuation routes, figuring out how to get enough air, and how to make the environment humid enough. Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightgram/ 5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://www.goo.gl/8JVmuC Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/