It sounds like a creature from a sci-fi thriller: a deep-sea supergiant organism that can survive more than five years without a single meal.Yet for the supergiant isopod, a distant relative of the common pill bug found in gardens with the size of a
Most of the food comes from things that die at upper levels and fall down to the bottom, like say a whale carcass. And as the article notes, since the temperature at these depths is really low their bodies act as a larder where food is preserved for a long time.
Most of the food comes from things that die at upper levels and fall down to the bottom, like say a whale carcass. And as the article notes, since the temperature at these depths is really low their bodies act as a larder where food is preserved for a long time.
Oh, must’ve missed that part. But makes sense. Thanks