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by 323 1607 days ago
What's stopping a bank of fish, or a whale from eating the whole thing?
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tasha0663 1607 days ago
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27213-zoologger-hollo...

This article has a picture of a sea turtle taking a nice chomp out of a smaller one. Maybe nothing that eats them ever feels like eating the whole the colony. It would seem it's pretty tough to tear it.

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pvaldes 1606 days ago
Is a Dermochelys, very big and specialized turtles with powerful jaws.
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pvaldes 1606 days ago
Chordates are known for their chemistry weapons. The bioluminiscence warning must be there for some reason.
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zarq 1607 days ago
Likely the appearance of the colony being a single, gigantic, thing.
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