▁conscious ness es ▁within , ▁like ▁making ▁the ▁human ▁shell ▁of ▁Mother ▁Salt ' s ▁mon ster ▁daughter ; ▁the ▁C aille ach ▁sub serv ient ▁to ▁her ▁human ▁host ' s ▁will . ▁Even ▁rest oring ▁the ▁true ▁forms ▁and ▁divine ▁powers ▁of ▁long ▁forgotten ▁ocean ▁gods ▁while ▁calling ▁out ▁to ▁them ▁from ▁through ▁his ▁aqu ate le path y . ▁ ▁The ▁character ▁has ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁super human ▁powers , ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁derive ▁from ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁adapted ▁to ▁live ▁and ▁th rive ▁in ▁the ▁har sh est ▁of ▁under water ▁environments . ▁He ▁has ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁bre at he ▁under water ▁and ▁poss esses ▁a ▁super human ▁phys ique ▁strong ▁enough ▁to ▁with stand ▁attacks ▁from ▁super human ▁oppon ents ▁and ▁resist ▁machine ▁gun ▁fire . ▁Aqu aman ▁frequently ▁displays ▁fe ats ▁of ▁Super - At l ante an ▁( the ▁average ▁Atl ante an ▁can ▁lift / press ▁approximately ▁ 2 ▁tons ) ▁and ▁Super human ▁strength . ▁While ▁not ▁on ▁par ▁with ▁Super man ▁and ▁Wonder ▁Woman , ▁he ▁has ▁proven ▁capable ▁of ▁le aps ▁up ▁to ▁ 6 ▁miles . ▁He ▁can ▁sw im ▁at ▁very ▁high ▁spe eds , ▁capable ▁of ▁reaching ▁spe eds ▁of ▁ 3 , 0 0 0   met ers ▁per ▁second ▁( 1 0 , 8 0 0   km ▁[ rough ly ▁ 6 , 7 0 0 ▁miles ] ▁per ▁hour ) ▁and ▁can ▁sw im ▁up ▁Ni ag ara ▁F alls .