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Ocean sunfish survives crushing depths without a swim bladder
Original: 🐟 ICYMI: The massive # Molamola lacks a swim bladder, relying on its gelatinous hypodermis to handle crushing pressure c
The mola mola, one of the ocean's heaviest bony fish, has no swim bladder. Instead it relies on its gelatinous hypodermis, a jelly-like layer beneath the skin, to cope with pressure changes while diving deep to hunt jellyfish. The fish is featured in an episode of the science series "The Nature of Things," hosted by Sarika Cullis-Suzuki and Anthony Morgan, which is drawing attention from marine biology enthusiasts.
Why now: The Nature of Things episode examining the sunfish's unusual anatomy is being shared and discussed.
Mola molaThe Nature of ThingsSarika Cullis-SuzukiAnthony Morgan
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- 🐟 ICYMI: The massive # Molamola lacks a swim bladder, relying on its gelatinous hypodermis to handle crushing pressure changes while hunting # jellyfish deep in the # ocean . In an episode of "The Nature of Things," hosts Sarika Cullis-Suzuki and Anthony Morgan examine the… · tksst@fediscience.org · 21
- 🐟 ICYMI: The massive # Molamola lacks a swim bladder, relying on its gelatinous hypodermis to handle crushing pressure changes while hunting # jellyfish deep in the # ocean . In an episode of "The Nature of Things," hosts Sarika Cullis-Suzuki and Anthony Morgan examine the… · tksst@fediscience.org · 6
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