How exactly does underwater pressure work?

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It doesn’t actually cause humans to get crushed “like empty cans of of soda” right?

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If you somehow teleported directly there from the surface you would die… fast. The air in your lungs would be crushed to about 1,000th of its volume and water will immediately enter your lungs… your digestive system as well. Even your bones would be crushed. But all this would likely be so violent I wouldn’t care to think of the exact impact on the body. Suffice to say I would expect explosive responses.

If you had some special oxygenated fluid in your lungs and digestive system and travelled down there at a very gradual rate, you’d likely survive the pressures alone.

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