I think the point here is the gas mixture, though the comment about water
blocking the DNA UV disruption frequency is certainly well tended.
If the copperhead snakes were exposed to a higher pressure consisting of
an air mixture of regular air doped with 35% per volume oxygen, to get
effects, then it is simple enough to make a plastic air curtain around a
bed, then run an oxygen enriched air mixture into it while sleeping...
This has most likely been done several times in labs and reported on.
Just a matter of looking it up. Let's see keywords for a search; oxygen,
hyperbaric chamber, aging and oxygen, respiration air mixtures, etc...
Wonder how much a bottle of oxygen costs? The problem I think would be
to not so dope the air you breathe that it becomes pure oxygen...you
could experience a serious problem....perhaps this Dr. Baugh paper with
the snakes will provide some more details.
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