How deep can a whale dive?

Did you know that Cuvier’s Beaked whale have been recorded to have dived to a massive 2992 meters!

NG STAFF; EMILY M. ENG. SOURCES: PAUL J. PONGANIS, COMPREHENSIVE PHYSIOLOGY; GREGORY S. SCHORR, ET AL. PLOS ONE; SHINGO MINAMIKAWA, ET AL. FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/140326-cuvier-beaked-whale-record-dive-depth-ocean-animal-science

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