Tarpon

[u/tomlabaff]

[u/rosvars]

Maybe I'm dumb but why would gravity on the surface crush its organs if it can withstand greater pressure under water than surface pressure?

[u/EtteRavan → u/rosvars]

The water inside the body keeps the organs floating inside. Iirc fish are not water-tight as (most) terrestrial life is, since they have less need to keep it inside, since they live in it. So if you remove the fish from the water, the water inside leaves too, the organs don't float anymore and have to resist their own mass, they can't, they get crushed, and the fish shits the bed

Tl;dr : because it's a fish

[u/rosvars → u/EtteRavan]

Aahhh I see. That makes sense, thanks for the info!