A Whale Falls to the Bottom and Becomes a City for Years While Bones Feed Worms that Carry Bacteria Inside Their Own Bodies.

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When a whale dies and its carcass reaches the ocean floor, tons of organic matter comes at once to an environment normally poor in food. This fall of whale can sustain successive communities for years or even decades. After large necrophagus removes soft tissues, bones continue to store lipids and others...