Whale Fall Community

[Simonechisena]

A prime example of how the simple idea of "waste" makes no sense in the natural world: the whale corpse is a source of nourishment promptly used by many other sea animals, from sharks to little worms... Nature is still the best teacher... thank you for posting this... :-)

[teentitans0789]

the ocean is SO CREEPY but so cool

[trolle222]

i wanna start a hardcore band called "osedax"

from wikipedia:

Osedax is a genus of deep-sea siboglinid polychaetes, commonly called boneworms, zombie worms or bone-eating worms. Osedax is Latin for "bone-eating", the name alluding to how the worms bore into the bones of whale carcasses to reach enclosed lipids, on which they rely for sustenance.

[Allosaurus333]

TRULY AMAZIN

When somethin so big dies, it becomes the home of an infinity of small animals

1:20 is osedax, 0:10 is a indeterminate shark, 0:50 is a indeterminate hagfish (hagfishes r cool!)

Its like a 50 meters pizza falls from da sky! :D Ud see PLENTY of people runnin 4 pizza!

[sarsamis]

one stared. gg. nm

[LotusDANKZ420]

sweet. I was just reading about Dr. Craid Smith and I'm glad I got to find this video!! good stuff... I wanna go to SOEST!!

[RICbass78]

wow, it's truly amazing

[richiechickennuggets]

itd b much more beautiful if they were deep-sea puppies and kittens, not giant worms and testicle looking things.

but yeah, i know what you mean

[trolle222]

great to watch while listening to stars of the lid.

this is a beautiful happening. think of the life being given back. think of the facilitation that a whales death really is. an enabler for all those other lives to grow and nourish the sea.

i cant get over how beautiful that is.

thank you for posting it.

[omninous]

@trolle222 While I just found the video interesting, it's also really cool to see someone else appreciate it so much. :D

[ShadowYams]

cool

[545lljkr]

I think I've seen this footage before. Amazing vid.