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Tacocat said:
They look ugly, but I feel bad for them because people yak about them being ugly, but they forget that this is after being dragged up several kilometres caught up in giant, gill ripping nets. The pressure destroys their looks. Remember that in their habitat, they look like normal fish, maybe a bit blubbery, but still fish.
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That’s very sad, I had no idea.
 
Ok, so here‘s what I found. Psychronolutes marcidus, the blob fish, does appear significantly different at deep sea depths. I am not seeing they are hauled up for fun & giggles, rather that they are accidentally caught in nets & generally released. It is not clear if they will revert to their natural state & do well upon release.

One thing I love about TFF is I learn something new everyday, if not several times a day.
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I hope that once the pressure stabilized for them they can somehow "revert" back to their natural state... They probably can't but its a nice thought... ALTHOUGH, when I looked it up my self it said that when blowfish are dragged up really fast that they turn into a gooey mess... I wonder what would happen if fishermen took them up very slowly... Would they be blobs or look like their natural selves
 
how are they keeping them in aquariums? I thought they were adapted to live in very deep water
are they able to adapt to living in less water pressure, is that healthy for them?
 
Rocky998 said:
I wonder what would happen if fishermen took them up very slowly... Would they be blobs or look like their natural selves
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If fish are brought up very slowly (over several days), they can usually survive but most come up in trawlers and it takes 10-30 minutes to get them up to the surface. This is nowhere near enough time for the fish to adjust to the difference in water pressure. In addition to water pressure, fish brought up by trawlers are usually crushed in the net by other fishes on top of them.

Fish suffer the same type of issue that divers face if they come up from deep water too quickly. Humans get the bends and can die from it. People have to come up slowly from deep water and so do fish and other organisms.
 
Colin_T said:
If fish are brought up very slowly (over several days), they can usually survive but most come up in trawlers and it takes 10-30 minutes to get them up to the surface. This is nowhere near enough time for the fish to adjust to the difference in water pressure. In addition to water pressure, fish brought up by trawlers are usually crushed in the net by other fishes on top of them.

Fish suffer the same type of issue that divers face if they come up from deep water too quickly. Humans get the bends and can die from it. People have to come up slowly from deep water and so do fish and other organisms.
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Sseveral days!? Dang
 
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