Many organisms live under whale fall, the organisms that have been observed to live at deep whale falls include organisms like; squat lobsters, bristle worms, shrimp, osedax, crab, sea cucumber, sleeper shark, hagfish and giant isopods. These organisms first eat of the meat off the meat of the carcass.
When a whale dies in the ocean, the body sinks to the bottom and when the body come to rest at the sea floor it is referred to as whale fall. A whale fall can support an entire ecosystem for about 50 to 100 years.
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