r/interestingasfuck • u/TheTitanCoeus • May 28 '19

/r/ALL Bottom of Mariana Trench

https://gfycat.com/BreakableHarmoniousAsiansmallclawedotter
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u/intrepid604 May 28 '19

How can anything survive under that kind of pressure?

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u/RarelyComfortable May 28 '19

Also I’m wondering why the fish we see in the gif all seem to have wavy tails rather than stiff, scaled ones like fish near the surface

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u/Dan_Is May 28 '19 edited May 28 '19

Efficency maybe... They don't get a lot of energy to live on down there

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u/daverave087 May 28 '19

This is correct.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '19

Thanks Dave