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TIL that when the body of a dead whale (or other large cetacean) falls to below 1'000m/3'000ft, it can form a “whale fall”: a localized ecosystem that supplies sustenance to deep-sea organisms. Creatures can use the carcass as a home, living off of it for decades.

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