The cusk eel, pictured here, was one of the fish seen eating floating plant matter. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Most research has shown that deep sea fish sit at the top of their food chains—hunting as predators and scavenging the carcasses of dead animals. Recent tests , however, have demonstrated that these denizens of the deep preserve a more generalist diet and even eat plant matter as it sinks from the surface. The discovery, researchers say, has serious implications for our understanding of

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Deep Sea Fish Eat Plants as they Sink