An alligator was devoured by creatures of the sea at 2000 meters deep

An experiment conducted by a team from the Marine Consortium at the University of Louisiana was able to record the reaction of giant isopods of deep water when detecting the bodies of three alligators. The crustaceans did not miss the opportunity and went to eat them.

The team led by Craig McClain and Clifton Nunnally sought to badyze the influence of materials from terrestrial environments food webs in ocean environments.

To this end, scientists have placed three dead alligators between 2 and 2.5 meters in different locations in the Gulf of Mexico. The isopods, which are the size of a football, arrived less than 24 hours later.

The experiment was recorded by a remotely controlled vehicle at a depth of 2,000 meters. The video shows how crustaceans use their powerful jaws to tear the hard skin of reptiles and eat their flesh.