…scientists found lesions in their livers, lungs and kidneys, as well as nitrogen bubbles in their organs and tissue, all classic symptoms of a sickness that scientists had naturally assumed whales would be immune to: the bends
—PS: Its a looooong article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12whales-t.html?_r=2&hpw=&pagewanted=all
