whale fall
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Humans aren’t the only ones who interact/intra-act with dead whales and their parts.
Whale fall is the term given to the complex ecosystem that develops when a dead whale body sinks to the sea floor at depths of 6600 feet or more. Whale falls are home to all sort of sea creatures: bristleworms, crabs, giant isopods, hagfish, lobsters, mussels, prawns, sea cucumbers, shrimp, sleeper sharks, squat lobsters. (In shallower waters, the whale carcass is consumed by scavengers.)
Whale fall is the term given to the complex ecosystem that develops when a dead whale body sinks to the sea floor at depths of 6600 feet or more. Whale falls are home to all sort of sea creatures: bristleworms, crabs, giant isopods, hagfish, lobsters, mussels, prawns, sea cucumbers, shrimp, sleeper sharks, squat lobsters. (In shallower waters, the whale carcass is consumed by scavengers.)
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kk, “whale fall,” The Middle Shore, accessed April 26, 2024, https://middleshore.omeka.net/items/show/81.