Whale Falls and Whale fall communities
This article was originally posted at Amazing Zoology . View original article at http://amzoo.in/x5giu Contents 1 What is a Whale Fall? 2 What happens to whales when they die? 3 How often does that happen? 4 Where can we find whale falls? 5 What happens to dead whales that fell to sea floor? 5.1 Stage 1: Mobile-scavenger stage 5.2 Stage 2: Enrichment opportunist stage 5.3 Stage 3: Sulphophilic (sulphur-loving) stage 6 What is the significance of whale falls? 7 References What is a Whale Fall? Whales are the largest living organisms living on the surface of Earth. An adult blue whale weighs up to 173 tonnes with 30 meters in length. [1] When a whale dies in the ocean, its body usually falls to the sea floor and becomes a huge source of organic matter for the animals that live there. This is known as a Whale fall. Animal communities forms around the whale carcass called Whale fall communities. What happens to whales when they die? Three things can happen to dead bodies of whal...