Re: CLOVERFIELD (spoilers)

Steve Hix wrote:
> In article <13puago38m864aa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> James Gassaway wrote:
>>> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>>>> "Thanatos" <atropos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> news:atropos-803A9D.06113128012008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> In article <R_udncFFn-lz5QDanZ2dnUVZ_vGinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>> "Rick" <videojockey1a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> JJ has said that CLover was a creature from the depths of the
>>>>>> Ocean which is
>>>>>> why it's hide was near invulnerable.
>>>>> Not sure why something from the bottom of the ocean would have
>>>>> skin that can repel bunk-buster bombs and munitions that can
>>>>> penetrate tank armor.
>>>> Do you know how much PRESSURE exists on the bottom of the ocean?
>>>>
>>> So it should have popped like an over-pressurized balloon before it
>>> even reached the surface.
>>
>> Which is why scientists trying to study deep-sea fish that live
>> thousands of feet below the surface, have trouble retrieving
>> specimens for study.  To bring one up to the surface, they have to
>> keep it in a pressurized tank at all times.
>
> Or bring it up to the surface very slowly to allow pressure
> equalization.

Doesn't work most of the time.  That could be because the subjects have a 
tendency to starve to death in the time it takes....

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