If you were wondering what happens when you sink 3 alligators to the bottom of the Gulf

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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.

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