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As I mentioned in a previous post some sea worms feed on whale bones. BBC News is reporting some have been discovered off the coast of Sweden (they were previously known only off the coast of California). above is a picture of the Swedish species. Below is a scanning electron micrograph of the sea worm. [...]
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Below is a picture of a type of polychaeta belonging to the genus Osedax. They were recently discovered feasting on the skeleton of a juvenile grey whale. This ability of Osadax species to feed on skeletal material is quite interesting and – heretofore – unknown. According to a recent article in Environmental Microbiology this is [...]
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