Researchers have captured on film a feeding frenzy in the deep waters of the Southern Ocean. When a seal died, its carcass sank to the sea bottom. The first to arrive were nemertine worms, which inserted their proboscis into the dead body and sucked out the interior. The holes were soon filled by animals such as marine roly-polies. Slower animals, such as sea stars and sea urchins, arrived later and also digested the giant carcass.
Scientists estimate such a bounty occurs in that area only once in 10 years, but that may not be true, since what would be the chances of capturing it on film then?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8378000/8378512.stm
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