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montereybayaquarium:

montereybayaquarium:

Looking for a Halloween movie? How about “Attack of the Bone-Eating Osedax Zombie Worms!” You’re whale-come!

Footage courtesy of our partners at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).

Got a bone to pick? Let Osedax worms know! These worms can transform a whale skeleton into a homemade broth, drilling into the ex-whale with acid and licking their plates clean until there are no more leftovers to be found for to-marrow’s lunch.

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