The word “osedax,” Latin for “bone-eating,” is an apt description of this whale-carcass dweller;

在拉丁语中意思是“吃骨头”，这个词用来形容这种栖息于鲸尸体的生物真是再贴切不过了；

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If Osedax were living the Mediterranean three million years ago there's no reason why they aren't living there now.

如果300万年前Osedax就生活在地中海地区，那么它们没理由现在不住那儿。

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Osedax were first discovered alive in 2002 in Monterey Bay, California, where they were living on the bones of a decaying gray whale.

在2002年得加利福尼亚的蒙特利海湾，首次发现居住在腐朽灰鲸科的骨头中的Osedax活体。

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The worms, whose official genus name is Osedax, are about 1 inch (3 centimeters) long and were discovered on a whale carcass in 2002.

MSN: Zombie worm has no mouth �� but it feasts on whale bones