Just in time for Halloween, scientists have detailed an impressive feat of carnage out on the high seas.
It feels like the largest predatory massacre of its kind ever recorded by humans.
This massive hotspot then triggered the cod to also gather into a group and feast on the capelin.
Atlantic Cod fish (Gadus morhua)© Gerard Soury via Getty
Thankfully for the capelin, this particular feeding frenzy didnt put much of a dent in their overall numbers.
Thats not an issue for a healthy population with many spatially distributed population centers or ecological hotspots.
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