After a whale dies, its carcass slowly sinks to the
ocean floor. Such "whale falls" are far and in between. Yet somehow these strange worms manage to locate and settle on a whale carcass shortly after it comes to rest in the abyssal mud. Deep-sea researchers have looked for a free-living life stage of bone worms - so far without success. Just another example of how little we know about the deep oceans. Read more about bone-eating worms in the deep sea.
