No, he doesn't.  I saw a similar theory, but as I remember, the whale carcasses
were stepping stones from  one hydrothermal area to another.

Peter
Independence, MO

At 09:21 PM 6/10/99 -0400, Emilio Jorge Power wrote:

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> Kay Lavalier wrote:
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>>  Andrew Vik
>> Tampa, Fl., USA
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>> Milan:
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>> I don't remember where I saw this (probably in The Nautilus), but
>> hydrothermal species have also been found on sunken whale carcasses, the
>> bones in particular. Apparently, the decay of the cetacean's flesh creates a
>> bacteria rich environment similar to the hydrothermal condition. It was
>> suggested that these whale graves were the  stepping stones by which
>> continental shelf organisms traveled to the hydrothermal vents.
>>
>> Andrew
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