Dead Whales…The People Who Study Them and The Worms That Eat Them

By Dr. M, on November 4th, 2009 4 comments   Carnivals & Link Love, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   Audobon, Osedax, Whale Fall  

A nice write up this month in the Audobon Magazine by Amanda Mascarelli discussing whale-falls and Osedax worms. You can read it for free online.

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• Andrew

  November 6, 2009 at 02:49 · Reply

  Are the worms eating the dead whales or the people who study them? :-) Either way, those are one hungry pack of worms!!

• Dr. M

  November 6, 2009 at 08:02 · Reply

  Both if things get out of hand

• Ken Dandurand

  January 21, 2010 at 09:55 · Reply

  If a gallon of water were collected at 39,000 foot of depth, what would be the amount of water when it were brought up to sea level?