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From the Vault: Melt With Me

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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How Fish Can Melt Into a Liquid or a Go

The snail fish is a genus known as the lyparidy. They often dwell in very deep, very cold waters, especially in ocean trenches. When they are no longer confined by the hydrostatic pressure of the deep water and the extremely low temperatures of this deep ocean trench, they essentially just melt when they get to the surface. Quoting thomas linley, they fall apart at like the molecular level. It's like a ghost thing that's disappearing in front of your eyes. And you might think, well why? Why would a fish be that fragile? You know, would' need to have a little bit more structural integrity to survive? But no, it's because it's adapted

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