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Pressure increases by roughly one atmosphere for every 10 meters of depth in seawater.
In the bathyal zone around 1,000 meters deep, water pressure surpasses 100 atmospheres. Frilled sharks function normally under this immense compression due to their cartilaginous skeleton and absence of air-filled cavities.
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At such depths, an unprotected air pocket would collapse instantly. Human divers rely on reinforced vehicles to enter this zone, while the shark’s biology absorbs the force seamlessly.
The disparity between human engineering and biological adaptation highlights the deep sea as a frontier where life has solved structural challenges through flexibility rather than rigidity.
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