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range have come out of Russian scientists using a dog to exhibit their fresh “ liquid respiration technology ” .

In the rather grueling clip , first broadcast on St Petersburg ’s Channel 5 in December , a scientist dunks a dachshund called Nikolas into a container fill up with an oxygen - rich liquidness , force the dog to “ respire ”   the liquidity instead of air .

TASS , the DoS - own news authority , cover that this team of scientists has made further breakthroughs , allowing a bounder to breathe forat least 30 minutesat depths of up to 500 measure ( 1,640 feet ) “ without any wellness moment ” . One dog has even been able to breathe at a depth of over 1,000 meters ( 3,280 feet ) .

The scientific discipline behind this particular feat is a piddling hazy . Previous researchinto this   fieldrelies on make full the lungs with fluid perfluorocarbon that ’s had high amounts of atomic number 8 dissolved into it . unco , the experiments demonstrate that this liquidity isperfectly suitable as a ventilation medium for otherwise air - breathing animate being . However , scientists are still unsure about its long - full term effects on the lungs , let alone the emotional distress of flooding an animal ’s lung with   liquid .

The TV has spread across social media , appeal a wave of critique fromanimal right field activistsand political   commentator . Dmitry Smirnov , a prominent Russian journalist , comment : " This is , of course , procession and a find , but I experience sorry for the detent . ”

In the boldness of this critique , Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has since come out to defend the research , accent that it ’s all in the name of science and ultimately keep lives . Rogozin   has alsodecided to adoptone of the badger dog that deal part in a recent experiment .

" All these experiments are justified if we manage to save dozens of M   – or possibly hundreds of thousands of human lives , ” said Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin , harmonize toTASS .

" That ’s important not only for zep crews but also for the infants who are bear preterm and should be placed back into an surroundings resemble the one in the female parent ’s womb , " Rogozin said . " Or take the multitude who have prolong serious burns .

" The investigator work for the Fund for Experimental Research carry these dog in high regard . In essence , these are our carbon monoxide - workers . "