Extreme Pressure Survivor: Pacific Sleeper Sharks Withstand Forces Fatal to Humans

This giant fish endures pressures that would collapse human lungs instantly.

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Human divers cannot survive depths of thousands of meters without specialized pressure-resistant vehicles.

At depths around 2,000 meters, Pacific sleeper sharks experience pressures exceeding 200 times that at sea level, levels incompatible with unprotected human physiology.

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While humans require engineered submersibles to survive such crushing force, the shark’s cartilaginous skeleton and absence of compressible air spaces prevent catastrophic structural failure.

Its natural tolerance of abyssal pressure illustrates how evolutionary design can match or surpass human engineering in solving the physics of extreme depth.

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