How do fish handle pressure at the bottom of the ocean?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The ocean has multiple layers, like a big, watery, salty cake. The deeper underwater you go, the more water above you – and the weight of all that water creates super strong pressure. So how do the fish that live in the deepest levels of the ocean survive without being squished? We asked marine biologist Keegan Lutek to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	From the
0:02.0	moment of Um, this is the moment of Um.
0:04.0	Moment of Um.
0:09.0	Moment of Um
0:10.0	comes to you from APM studios.
0:11.0	I'm Vivian, the Deep Sea Viper Fish.
0:14.0	It's not always easy being a highly successful business fish like me.
0:23.3	When you live deep, deep in the ocean like I do, life comes at you pretty fast.
0:29.2	Why, just yesterday I had a day shock full of important meetings. I talked with a day chock full of important meetings.
0:33.0	I talked with a lanternfish association about turning their bioluminescent lights down after 11 p.m.
0:39.0	I reviewed the quarterly Krill budget.
0:41.0	I must have answered a hundred c-mails all my friends say Vivian how do you do it how do you handle such a high-pressure lifestyle and to them I say it's all about work life balance.
0:54.0	Although when Julian asked the same question the other day,
0:56.8	I think he was thinking of a different type of pressure.
1:00.0	Hi, my name is Julian, and I am from Winona, Minnesota. My question is, if our bodies can't
1:07.1	handle the pressure at the bottom of the ocean, how can an angler fish or a dragonfish's
1:12.4	body handle it?
1:14.0	So the main problem with living at the bottom of the ocean is that there's a whole bunch of pressure down there.
1:24.4	So you can think of living at the bottom of the ocean as having more than 16,000 elephants
1:30.0	standing on you.
1:31.6	Hi, my name's Dr. Kiegenutek, and I'm an aquatic biologist.
1:36.0	So the first thing that's really important if you're going to live at the bottom of the ocean
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