Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 13 minutes ago

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Deep in the ocean, resting on the seafloor, there is a strange ecosystem – one built on the bodies of the dead. Join us on a tour of a whale fall.

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Sources:
montereybay.noaa.gov/research/dsmz
nautiluslive.org/video/2019/10/16/whale-fall-actively-devoured-scavengers-davidson-seamount
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6856198
sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/jun20/davidson-seamount-oasis-in-the-deep.html
nautiluslive.org/cruise/NA117
montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/whale-worm
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/zombie-worms-crave-bone
marine-conservation.org/on-the-tide/denizens-of-the-deep-the-octopuses-who-make-their-homes-on-seamounts
montereybay.noaa.gov/research/dsmz
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