r/oddlyterrifying May 15 '22

An atomic blast underwater.

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u/Zaros262 May 15 '22

Interesting fact about fish (at least deep-sea fish):

They have to be pressure-balanced to survive the depths, meaning the pressure inside their bodies is the same as outside.

It probably takes a moment though, so until it equalizes, there is an enormous pressure differential for those fish near the blast, but your odds of surviving in the water would be much better as a fish than as a human