Jan. 10 (UPI) --An Australian freediver went for a 370-foot, 2-inch stroll at the bottom of a pool to break the Guinness World Record for the longest underwater walk with one breath (female).

Some 30,000 of these breath-holding divers, called ama, are employed in daily foraging for food on the bottom of the sea. Their performance is of particular interest to the physiologist ...

"This is the first example we have ever seen of this breath-holding behavior to dive down into deep cold depths," Royer said. The strategy gives them an evolutionary advantage, but there's a catch ...

Today, competitive athletes push the limits of the human body by diving hundreds of feet deep on a single breath of air ... given them the ability to stay underwater for long periods of time.

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