RESPIRATION IN SOUTHERN WHALES 



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Table III. Nitrogen and oxygen contents of arterial whale blood. 



F after the serial number denotes foetal blood. The sample numbers are not consecutive because not all 

 the samples were examined for these gases. 



* Foetus of preceding whale. 



-f Stale blood. 5 hours later the inert gas content had increased to 4-60 vol. per cent. 



tioned, is i-ii6 vol. per cent, or slightly below the human blood figure, which is 

 I -20 vol. per cent. 



