Assertion: dolphin | /r/CapableOf | hold its breath
Facets:
value: for 30 minutes
type: TEMPORAL
value: for extended lengths of time
type: TEMPORAL
value: while below water
type: TEMPORAL
value: underwater
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: A dolphin spends most of its life holding its breath.
text: When dolphins are underwater, they hold their breath.
text: Underwater, a dolphin can hold its breath for an average time of 10 to 12 minutes.
text: A dolphin must hold its breath when it’s swimming under water and can do this for a long time.
text: A dolphin holds its breath while below water.
text: First, when a dolphin dives underwater it is actually holding its breath.
text: When compared to other land mammals such as humans the length of time a dolphin can hold its breath for seems quite amazing, however because they are mammals they face the same threats all mammals do when it comes to long dives and/or an inability to rise for air.
text: The amount of time a dolphin can hold its breath depends on the species.
text: As mammals, dolphins breathe air and thus hold their breath when they go under water.
text: Though when actively swimming they must breathe fairly often, dolphins can hold their breath for fifteen minutes or more.
text: Risso's dolphins can dive to at least 1,000 feet and hold their breath for 30 minutes, but they usually make shorter dives of just a few minutes.
text: Some dolphins can only hold their breath for a few minutes (
text: For dolphins being able to hold their breath for extended lengths of time has been an evolutionary transition.