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If you were wondering what happens when you sink 3 alligators to the bottom of the Gulf
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:15 pm
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So far, we have only explored about 5 percent of earth’s oceans, which amount to 70 percent of our planet’s surface. The depths of sea hide secrets which humans have forever been curious about.
To get deeper insights into what’s going on the ocean floor, marine biologists Craig McClain and Clifton Nunnally from Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, carried out an experiment, known as the Great Gator Experiment, and the results are interesting, to say the least.
The researchers sank a buffet for mysterious seafloor creatures which included three dead alligators, with weights tied to them. They were curious to see how their corpses would be consumed by creatures lurking on the seafloor.
“To explore the food web deep inside the sea, we placed three dead alligators at least 6,600 feet down in the Gulf of Mexico for 51 days,” said Clifton Nunnally from Louisiana University.
After sinking to the unexplored depths of the ocean, the gators hit the seafloor and settled among the disturbed dust.
What came next was quite shocking.
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:19 pm to Mike da Tigah
You won't believe #5!
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:19 pm to Mike da Tigah
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What came next was quite shocking
This post was edited on 9/25/21 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:28 pm to Mike da Tigah
tl;dw - a handful of little fish that look like a combination of piranhas and rollie pollies clean the alligator to the bones over time
Video is about as exciting as my username
Video is about as exciting as my username
This post was edited on 9/25/21 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:30 pm to Boring
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rollie pollies
I forgot about them.
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:34 pm to fr33manator
Giant roly-polys picked apart the first one.
A previously-undiscovered species of worm took apart the second one.
The Kraken made off with the third one.
A previously-undiscovered species of worm took apart the second one.
The Kraken made off with the third one.
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:36 pm to Boring
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handful of little fish that look like a combination of piranhas and rollie pollies clean the alligator to the bones over time
As any of us who have seen the whale carcass scene in Blue Planet:the Deep, could have already told you.
They are sea lice. And indeed the same family as Roly Polys. IIRC lampreys and some sorts of worms do work on the bones once the flesh is gone.
Were they expecting something else? shite dies and falls to the bottom and is consumed and devoured by the denizens of the deep.
Aside from ships, all things meet the same fate
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Video is about as exciting as my username
Au contraire, your username sets us up for lukewarm disappointment, much the same as my erstwhile lovers.
This post was edited on 9/25/21 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:40 pm to James11111
Those rollie pollie things look like lobsters without claws.
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:45 pm to fr33manator
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Were they expecting something else?
They hint at something amazing (Nessie, big shark, treasure), only to result in an uneventful conclusion - much like my own romantic encounters.
This post was edited on 9/25/21 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 9/25/21 at 6:54 pm to Mike da Tigah
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Louisiana University
Never heard of it.
Posted on 9/25/21 at 7:02 pm to Mike da Tigah
The narrator in that video made me want to punch my computer.
Dude.. you cant place emphasis on EVERY SINGLE WORD you use.
Dude.. you cant place emphasis on EVERY SINGLE WORD you use.
Posted on 9/25/21 at 7:27 pm to Mike da Tigah
That is what happens to humans committed to the sea also.
RIP to all that have been lost to the sea.
RIP to all that have been lost to the sea.
Posted on 9/25/21 at 7:31 pm to Mike da Tigah
I haven't read the article yet, but the ads on that page are interesting....
Posted on 9/25/21 at 7:34 pm to LegendInMyMind
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but the ads on that page are interesting....
I fall for those every time too brother bear
Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:19 pm to James11111
quote:you sure don’t see them as often as we used to as kids. That’s for sure.
I forgot about them.
Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:20 pm to LegendInMyMind
Man that pose. I’m in
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