Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Marine Mammals - Muscle Physiology


Harbor porpoise.  NOAA.

Marine mammals have the peculiar ability to "ignore" a buildup of lactic acid in their muscles.  While human muscles are highly susceptible to it (aka...muscle fatigue) marine mammal muscles are not.

I linked an excellent article from Scientific American to explain how it affects us:
Lactic Acid - Scientific American