Scuba diving cat?

[Darcey]

Every scientist that has tried was killed by the cat during the attempt

 

[Herk_Man]

I don't think it's possible to get an animal more than 5 deep since they cannot equalize and would likely become unmanagable during the descent due to ear/sinus pain.

Why would they not be able to equalize? Other diving mammals equalize just fine. And a cat's inner ear tubing is going to be shorter than a human's (I would assume) so it should not have as much resistance to equalization.

Any vets want to chime in here?

 

[mike_s]

Every scientist that has tried was killed by the cat during the attempt

and that is preciously why they used goats and not cats when they created/tested the first dive tables.

 

[Atomic_Diver]

Why didn't they use monkeys... Its good enough for NASA, and other Scientists.....

 

[Atomic_Diver]

I have a hard time picturing a cat trying to equalise his nose, espically with a bubble helmet thing... Let along a human...how do humans do that anyway?...

 

[Herk_Man]

I have a hard time picturing a cat trying to equalise his nose, espically with a bubble helmet thing... Let along a human...how do humans do that anyway?...

I don't ever touch my nose to equalize. I just manipulate my jaw either in a swallow or yawn maneuver. (I shouldn't say never. If I have a slow ear, sometimes I have to valsalva.)

 

[mike_s]

Why didn't they use monkeys... Its good enough for NASA, and other Scientists.....

compression tables were around for decades before NASA was even invented.


this all started by issues with "Caisson's Disease"


read this. Goats and Gases: “The Prevention of Compressed Air Illness” by Haldane et al—A Commentary

and this too http://www.dive-tech.co.uk/bert and haldane.htm


Then you'll see why someone here's signature line of "an unexploded goat doesn't mean a safe dive profile" (or something like that).

 

[Atomic_Diver]

How is a cat suppose to know to yawn, or wiggle its jaw?

 

[mikemill]

I'm sure the action of it ripping your throat out will equalize its ears

 

[Doc Harry]

Why would they not be able to equalize? Other diving mammals equalize just fine. And a cat's inner ear tubing is going to be shorter than a human's (I would assume) so it should not have as much resistance to equalization.

Any vets want to chime in here?

I think it has something to do with that opposable thumb thing......

Besides, how would you teach a cat to valsalva?