Researchers dropped a bunch of shark jaws into the ocean and returned eight months later to find zombie worms burrowed into the shark teeth, eating the collagen-rich dentin inside.
worms, known to consume whale bones and the remains of bony fish, also feed on shark teeth after the predators dieThe body of an Osedax worm is visible inside the root of a shark’s tooth, with the worm’s gelatinous tube hanging downDeep-sea worms feast on the teeth of dead sharks that fall to the
seafloor. These worms were previously known to eat whale bones and the remains of bony fish, but when those are scarce, shark teeth may be a key source of food.worms are strange-looking creatures with frilly pink gills. They have no mouth or stomach, so they rely on microbes living inside them to absorb …
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