the Bajau people of South-East Asia have developed bigger spleens for diving, a study shows. The Bajau are traditionally nomadic and seafaring, and survive by collecting shellfish from the sea floor.

First published in 2018 in the research journal Cell, a group of scientists highlighted the indigenous Bajau people (“Sea ...

the Bajau people of South-East Asia have developed bigger spleens for diving, a study shows. The Bajau are traditionally nomadic and seafaring, and survive by collecting shellfish from the sea floor.

A recent study found that a nomadic people in Southeast Asia may have genetically evolved to be better divers.

There is limited data on how many stateless people are living in East Malaysia, or their demographics, but a recent population census estimated that 28,000 Bajau Laut are living in Sabah ...

A cornucopia of readily available ocean creatures that the Sampelan Bajau people can rely on when the weather is too bad to take to the seas. This isn’t going to settle down anytime soon.

The average person can hold their breath for 30 seconds. But Bajau people in Southeast Asia can hold it up to 12 minutes! Which comes in handy when they freedive over 230 feet for food.

Most Malaysians are not familiar with the traditional food of the Bajau people, an indigenous group inhabiting Semporna, Sabah, and parts of the Philippines. Known for their nomadic, seafaring way of ...

KOTA KINABALU: A palau (Bajau Laut) recalled a harrowing fishing ... His story was shared in a short documentary about the ‘sea people of Sabah’ during a Blu Hope (environmental organisation ...

“We learn by observing, and from there, we develop our own technique.” To most people, Salih’s free diving skills are highly unusual; but not to his community. Salih is Bajau Laut, an indigenous ...