ELi5: Would bringing deep sea creatures to the surface kill them due to lower pressure the same way we would be killed if we didn’t have a suite in space?

Question

I understand it’s our blood pressure that’s pushing against the atmospheric pressure that kills us if we’re in a highly low pressure environment. I’m curious if Softshelled or no shelled creatures from thousands of meters deep under the ocean be killed in roughly the same way?

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Answer 1

I don’t think so. It would actually be a lot worse for them. The difference in pressure between the surface of the earth and the bottom of the ocean is a lot smaller than that between the surface of the earth and outer space. In fact, if you were in space without a suit, you would just suffocate, as I understand it. You would probably not explode or anything.

You also wouldn’t freeze instantly. There is no air to cool you off.