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When a dead whale sinks to the seafloor, its 'whale fall' becomes an oasis feeding deep-sea life for decades — up to 190 species crowding a single skeleton, with bone-eating worms gnawing the bones for as long as a decade
The discovery of a massive underwater whale graveyard reveals how 'whale falls' sustain deep-sea ecosystems for decades.