What’s for dinner, deep-sea isopod?
Four miles below the surface, scientists in #Alvin witnessed this rarely-seen invertebrate paddling along with oar-like legs in search of its next meal. In a recently published study, #WHOI researchers share another surprise: that seaweed they’re munching on isn’t native to the seafloor!
📲 Find out what it is– and how this species has adapted over time: go.whoi.edu/isopod-food
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