Sunday, October 30, 2005

Crabs at high pressure

Even more stuff about the wonderful world of crabs. Today, we will study the effects of high pressure on crabs.

This is a video taken in 6000 feet of water. An undersea robot is sawing a 3mm wide slit (1/10th of an inch ... remember that width) in a pipeline. The pressure inside the pipeline is 0 psig, while the pressure outside is 2700 psi, or 1.3 tons per square inch. Then a crab comes along....

The video can be found here. Holy shit. Now you see the crab. Now you don't.

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