因为处在身体的末端，脚部是食腐动物最先吃掉的身体部位，又因为脚部是由很多小骨骼和软组织构成，它们很容易被毁掉。

Being at the extremities of the body, feet are often the first parts of a body that scavengers will chew on, and being made up of lots of small bones and soft tissue they are easily destroyed.

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在发现那些潜藏在深海、偷偷隐躲的鱼类的同时，团队在这样的海洋深度下第一次发现了一大群鳗鱼及称为片脚类动物的甲壳动物食腐者。

As well as the reclusive, skulking fish, the team also found large groups of cusk-eels and crustacean scavengers called amphipods at these depths for the first time.

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