A lizard the size of your finger figured out scuba diving before humans did. The moment a bird lunges at it, the lizard dives into a stream, traps a bubble of air on its nose, and breathes that one bubble in and out for up to 18 minutes.That bubble is the lizard's own little air tank. It pushes the same pocket of air out, then pulls it back in, over and over, about six times a minute. Scientists call this "rebreathing," the same idea behind the gear that lets a scuba diver reuse the air they bre
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A lizard the size of your finger figured out scuba diving before humans did. The moment a bird lunges at it, the lizard dives into a stream, traps a bubble of air on its nose, and breathes that one bubble in and out for up to 18 minutes.That bubble is the lizard's own little air tank. It pushes the same pocket of air out, then pulls it back in, over and over, about six times a minute. Scientists call this "rebreathing," the same idea behind the gear that lets a scuba diver reuse the air they bre
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