I like the way it sounds... graceful: "whale fall." The crazy thing I learned is that the corpse of a whale that has died falls to the floor of the ocean and provides "a rich habitat of food and shelter for deep sea animals years after they have died." There is this one worm that is mouthless that feasts on it... WITHOUT A MOUTH?? I think they are called the zombie worm.
Check out more about this "circle of life:" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2295672/Antarcticas-whale-skeleton--NINE-new-species-living-it.html
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