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Why aren’t organisms on the sea floor crushed by water pressure
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Why aren’t organisms on the sea floor crushed by water pressure

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For exactly the same reason that you don't get crushed by air pressure.
Your body is built with exactly enough pressure inside, pushing out.
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Their internal pressure is balanced out with the external pressure of the water.
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