re abyss breathing fluids in article r esd lrh agate berkeley edu isaackuo skippy berkeley edu wrote are breathable liquids possible i remember seeing an old nova or the nature of things where this idea was touched upon it might have been some other tv show if nothing else i know such liquids are possible because they showed a large glass full of this liquid and put a white mouse rat in it since the liquid was not dense the mouse would float so it was held down by tongs clutching its tail the thing struggled quite a bit but it was certainly held down long enough so that it was breathing the liquid it never did slow down in its frantic attempts to swim to the top now this may not have been the most humane of demonstrations but it certainly shows breathable liquids can be made isaac kuo isaackuo math berkeley edu o twinkle twinkle little sig keep it less than lines big this was on that s incredible several years ago the volume of liquid the rat had to breath was considerably smaller than what a human would have to breath so maybe it is possible for a rat but not a human davetherave
