es . ▁Os ed ax ▁w orm s ▁have ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁extract ▁col lagen ▁from ▁b ones ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁lip ids , ▁en abling ▁them ▁to ▁sust ain ▁themselves ▁on ▁b ones ▁other ▁than ▁the ▁li pid - rich ▁remains ▁of ▁wh ales . ▁Although ▁no ▁Os ed ax ▁were ▁found ▁on ▁the ▁non - m amm al ian ▁remains ▁in ▁this ▁study , ▁their ▁absence ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁timing ▁of ▁observation , ▁and ▁the ▁Os ed ax ▁had ▁not ▁yet ▁colon ized ▁the ▁car c ass es . ▁Vari ous ▁studies ▁on ▁smaller ▁cet ace ans ▁and ▁other ▁marine ▁verte br ate ▁food ▁falls ▁come ▁to ▁similar ▁conclus ions ▁that ▁these ▁falls ▁bring ▁a ▁large ▁amount ▁of ▁new ▁organ ic ▁material ▁to ▁depth , ▁but ▁support ▁mostly ▁a ▁sc aven ger ▁community , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁diverse ▁assemb lage ▁seen ▁at ▁wh ale ▁falls . ▁This ▁conclusion ▁can ▁be ▁drawn ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁knowledge ▁that ▁large ▁wh ales ▁have ▁much ▁higher ▁li pid ▁content ▁in ▁their ▁bulk ▁composition ▁and ▁b one ▁mar row , ▁which ▁supports ▁the ▁diverse ▁communities ▁present ▁in ▁succession ▁at ▁wh ale ▁falls . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁▁ ▁Deep ▁sea ▁communities ▁ ▁Marine ▁snow ▁ ▁Det rit iv ore ▁ ▁J elly - falls ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁wh aling ▁ ▁Os ed ax ▁ ▁Bi ological ▁P ump ▁ ▁Car bon ▁Se quest r ation ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Smith ▁and ▁B aco ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁paper ▁on