SCIENCE ALERT!

Whalefall! Via Metafilter:

NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s exploration vessel Nautilus has “just discovered a whale skeleton on the seafloor covered in bone-eating worms, cusk eels, and octopus devouring this massive deep sea meal.” You can watch live, with commentary by the Nautilus team, who are also taking questions.

Obligatory Ursula Vernon on whalefall.

(edit: they just got photobombed by an octopus. XD)