Stages of whale decay
Jun 13, 2019
1 minute
Scavenger stage
DURATION: Up to 2 years
A newly fallen whale’s soft tissues provide a couple of years’ worth of food for larger scavenging creatures. As the scavengers chew on the meat they expose the inside of the carcass.
Food delivery
When a whale
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