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The Marvelous Seamounts of the Southeast Pacific
- throwup238 3y agoThat spiky red walking sea toad [1] looks absolutely beautiful! How do I get one and would it survive in an aquarium? [1] https://assets.nautil.us/sites/3/nautilus/Keim_BREAKER-6.png?q=100 https://assets.nautil.us/sites/3/nautilus/Keim_BREAKER-6.png...
- jajko 3y agoSince these are living in brutal pressures in huge depths, you can't. It would die in surface pressure immediately, just like we die in vacuum, our whole body evolved around current conditions. Some animals can handle massive differences in pressure since they dive very deep, but this fish clearly doesn't, hence no way its adapted to massive pressure fluctuations.
- AdamN 3y agoAll you need to do is build an Abyss Box: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyss_Box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyss_Box
- polishdude20 3y agoWoah how does it work? I'd imagine some kind of piston where the tank is closed solid but a piston exerts a pressure? How do you transfer these animals to and from it while keeping pressure?
- throwup238 3y agoIt uses some special pumps and valves to maintain that pressure. The volume is under five gallons so it's just a matter of building a pump big enough. It only houses animals that can survive the brief trip from deep sea into the tank.
- non-chalad 3y agoWould need a hyperbaric chamber.
- palmfacehn 3y agoCould you hatch the eggs at a normal pressure after slow decompression?
- bamboozled 3y agoHard to even believe something so incredibly "weird" actually exists and is so beautiful.
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- bloomingeek 3y agoIsn't it a strange and wonderful feeling to know that just like distant planets, which probably contain endless wonders, we can't fully explore or examine our ocean depths with just our hands and a shovel? This is most likely for the best considering our track record, I suppose.