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Life Span of Mammals & Breathing Rate
All mammals appear to have a given number of breaths in a lifetime, about half a
trillion. As a rough approximation divide the breathing rate in breaths per minute into
700 for lifespan in years.
Mammal            Breaths per minute                          Lifespan (Years)
Whales                      3–5                                                     200 – 130
Elephant*               5–12                                                      130 – 65
Man                         6–16                                                      110 – 45
Horse                    12–15                                                        55 – 45
Sheep                    16–34                                                       40 – 20
Cat                         20–40                                                      30 – 15
Dog                       20–30                                                       20 – 15
Cow                       25–50                                                       25 – 15
Pig                        30–60                                                        20 – 10
Hamster             35–135                                                        10 – 5
Mouse                90–250                                                        7 – 2
Shrew              300 –800                                                       2 – 1
* Elephants breathe 4–6 breaths/min lying down & 8–12 standing, they have a different lung structures.
Where are YOU? Do you hyperventilate?
“Better Breathing Means Better Health”
“The perfect man breathes as if he is not breathing” Lao Tzu (4 th century BC)
Lao Tzu is claimed to have lived to a160 years old. Perhaps he only breathed about
five breaths per minute
“The more you breathe the closer you are to death. The less you breathe the longer
you will live.’” Konstantin Buteyko 1923–2003.
We don’t promise great longevity when you train with the Buteyko Method but you
will have better health, more energy, sounder sleep, fewer symptoms and a calmer
life if you breathe better.
In humans, one of the major factors that cause chronic hidden hyperventilation is
stress. Stress triggers the primitive fight/flight response repeatedly eventually
causing the CO2 receptors to accept a lower level of CO2 and thereby establishing an
over–breathing pattern.
For more information regarding breathing and health visit
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