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Scientists Dropped Alligators Into the Deep Sea. Here's What Ate Them
Original: Scientists Dropped Alligators Into the Deep Sea. Here’s What Ate Them
Scientists sank alligator carcasses on the Gulf of Mexico seafloor to study deep-sea food webs, and footage shows which scavengers fed on them. In a widely shared clip, researchers describe how bone-eating worms, isopods and other rarely seen creatures rapidly colonized the carcasses, drawing fascination with how life survives in one of Earth's most food-scarce environments.
Why now: The dramatic experiment and unusual footage of deep-sea scavengers is captivating viewers interested in marine science.
alligatorsGulf of Mexicodeep-sea researchersOsedax bone-eating worms
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