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Sponge diver putting on his diving suit in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

Sponge diving is underwater diving to collect soft natural sponges for human use.

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Sponge diving

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Sponge diving is underwater diving to collect soft natural sponges for human use. Most sponges are too rough for general use due to their structural spicules...

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Skandalopetra diving

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Skandalopetra diving (Greek: σκανταλόπετρα) dates from ancient Greece, when it was used by sponge fishermen, and has been re-discovered in recent years...

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Kalymnos

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Kalymnians harvested sponges from the sea-bed as close as Pserimos or as far as North Africa. Early diving was done without equipment (free diving), using a harpoon...

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Bodrum

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boats engaged in sponge diving activities in Bodrum. However, sponge diseases, artificial sponge production, and a ban on sponge diving eventually ended...

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Byford Dolphin

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Sea, four divers were in a diving chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell. The divers were Edwin...

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Sponger

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sponger in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sponger can refer to: The Spongers , a 1978 television play by Jim Allen A practitioner of sponge diving The...

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Sponging

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Sponging may refer to: Begging Sponge diving Tool use of sponges by bottlenose dolphins in Australia; see Cultural hitchhiking#In dolphins / Sponging...

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John Cocoris

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to work in the sponge trade. In 1896, he worked with John K. Cheyney in Tarpon Springs, Florida. In 1905, he introduced sponge diving to the area and...

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History of underwater diving

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Roman times commercial applications such as sponge diving and marine salvage were established. Military diving also has a long history, going back at least...

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Freediving

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Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving, is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing...

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Scuba diving

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Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and...

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List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters

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series bible, he added Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel clad in a diving suit, as a new friend of SpongeBob. Plankton and Karen were included in his bible but were...

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SpongeBob SquarePants

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mall. Another of SpongeBob's friends is Sandy Cheeks, a thrill-seeking and athletic squirrel from Texas, who wears an air-filled diving suit to breathe...

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Underwater diving

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diver may dive on breath-hold (freediving) or use breathing apparatus for scuba diving or surface-supplied diving, and the saturation diving technique...

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Rip current

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Snorkeling Surface oriented diving Surface-supplied diving Unmanned diving Category Commons Glossary Indexes: Dive sites Divers Diving Outline Portal...

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Diving bell

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Diving bells are usually suspended by a cable, and lifted and lowered by a winch from a surface support platform. Unlike a submersible, the diving bell...

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Steve Irwin

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diving Nondestructive testing Pearl hunting Police diving Potable water diving Public safety diving Scientific diving Ships husbandry Sponge diving Submarine...

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Standard diving dress

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Standard diving dress, also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment, deep sea diving suit or heavy gear, is a type of diving suit that was formerly...

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Deep diving

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Deep diving is underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm accepted by the associated community. In some cases this is a prescribed limit established...

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Sylvia Earle

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"Atmospheric Diving Suits – New Technology May Provide ADS Systems that are Practical and Cost-Effective Tools for Conducting Safe Scientific Diving, Exploration...

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Diving reflex

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The diving reflex, also known as the diving response and mammalian diving reflex, is a set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the...

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Diving support equipment

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Diving support equipment is the equipment used to facilitate a diving operation. It is either not taken into the water during the dive, such as the gas...

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Asphyxia

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Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. Elsner R (September 1989). "Perspectives in diving and asphyxia". Undersea Biomedical Research. 16 (5): 339–44. PMID 2678664...

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Deepsea Challenger

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developer team members hail from Sydney's cave-diving fraternity including Allum himself with many years of cave-diving experience.[citation needed] Working in...

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Sponge

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Sponges (also known as sea sponges), the members of the phylum Porifera (/pəˈrɪfərəˌ pɔː-/ pər-IF-ər-ə, por-; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal...

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Sunita Williams

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assignment at the Naval Coastal System Command, she was designated a Basic Diving Officer. She next reported to the Naval Air Training Command, where she...

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