TIL about TMAO, a molecule that protects proteins in fish from the distorting effects of pressure:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimethylamine_N-oxide
Its maximum concentration before reverse osmosis would set in seems to impose a depth limit on fish:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1322003111
H/T: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5rhf
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2024-08-18 09:44:06
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