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Meet this pair of amphipods, perched together on a bare stalk rising off the abyssal plain. Amphipods are scavengers, and getting up off the seafloor helps them catch scent plumes drifting by in the current, an easier way to find food in a habitat where meals are few and far between. Anecdotally, some amphipod species are thought to pair for life, and this duo was found sticking close together....
