Scientists Film Deepest Ever Fish on Seabed Off Japan (cnn.com) 18
Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern Pacific Ocean. From a report: Scientists from University of Western Australia and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology released footage of the snailfish on Sunday filmed last September by sea robots in deep trenches off Japan. Along with the filming the deepest snailfish, the scientists physically caught two other specimens at 8,022 meters and set another record for the deepest catch. Previously, the deepest snailfish ever spotted was at 7,703 meters in 2008, while scientists had never been able to collect fish from anywhere below 8,000 meters. "What is significant is that it shows how far a particular type of fish will descend in the ocean," said marine biologist Alan Jamieson, founder of the Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre, who led the expedition. Scientists are filming in the trenches off Japan as part of a 10-year study into the deepest fish populations in the world. Snailfish are members of Liparidae family, and while most snailfish live in shallow water, others survive at some of the greatest depths ever recorded, Jamieson said.
Things that make you go hmmm (Score:1)
Re:Things that make you go hmmm (Score:5, Insightful)
Because it's the same pressure on the inside. He is not swimming around with seal-level air in his body, It's not the absolute pressure that matters, it's the pressure differential and that is essentially zero (except for blood and osmotic pressure, which is the same delta as his surface-dwelling buddies).
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Yes, it does.
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Perhaps their blood boils because of the dissolved gases, aka "divers sickness".
But explode? Nope. Physically impossible.
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The pressure decreases slowly by bringing them to surface so no explosion. Like the food in pressure cooker. It explodes if you perforate it (sudden release), it does not explode if you let pressure decrease slowly. If you are too fast bringing the fish from depth to surface (even as amateur fisherman), fish may die from decompression sickness (gas bubbles in blood and body cavities) -- https://www.abc.net.au/news/sc... [abc.net.au]
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If you could teleport them from the bottom of the ocean, then yes. Otherwise, hauling them up however over the periods of 10s of minutes to hours, the pressure equalizes. Same as deep-sea divers getting the bends.
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"Because it's the same pressure on the inside."
Which is why deep-sea fish tend to burst apart when brought to the surface.
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Which they simply do not. No idea why you believe in a physical impossible myth.
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Does seal-level air have something to do with kissing flowers?
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No it's about not being able to survive unless you're a little crazy.
And deeper, still ... (Score:3, Funny)
And deeper, still, we find mobsters with concrete shoes.
Tastes Like Chicken? (Score:2)
Better fried or grilled?
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Was he quoting Sartre? (Score:2)
Mmmmm... (Score:2)
Obsessive "Harvesters" (Score:1)
Along with the filming the deepest snailfish, the scientists physically caught two other specimens at 8,022 meters
And promply ate both of them...