From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net   
   Subject: Re: The Ambergris Element (TAS): my review   
      
   "Graeme"  wrote in message    
   news:f4579cff-908f-436b-8a35-d223dadb7e3d@k29g2000yqf.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > Another thing.  This is one of the oddest titles in all of Classic   
   > Trek.  If you're not paying close attention you might have no idea   
   > what it means.  But there is one line in there where McCoy says that   
   > the substance in Kirk and Spock's bloodstream is similar to the   
   > ambergris of Earth whales.  I'm not sure if that was wise, since from   
   > a scientific standpoint, injecting someone with ambergris doesn't turn   
   > them into water breathers.   
      
   Besides, Earth whales do NOT breathe water.   
      
   As mammals, whales have lungs and breathe air just like we do; they    
   frequently stay at the surface to breathe air.  But they can hold their    
   breath underwater for a very long time.   
      
      
      
      
   -- Steven L.   
      
      
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