Video: sea critters chow down on the carcass of a young whale

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My question was whether the octopi were scavenging, or eating scavengers. Or both.

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Aw, we got there too late to see eels.

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Didn’t realize how much I love hearing scientists all hanging around, chit-chatting in their science-ese. Bunch of high school nerds hanging out at the university library discovering new books about topics in which they have some knowledge already, but are discovering new things. Love it!

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It seems both. At the very end of the video one of the scientists expresses some surprise that the octopi are acting as scavengers and not just predators.

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