I love to think about deep ocean life. It might as well be other planet life.

Competition for any food that falls into a deep-sea trench is fierce.

To survive, amphipods stuff themselves silly at every opportunity. "Their gut is incredibly expandable. Food is so limited down there, they'll eat absolutely ridiculous amounts," Jamieson said.

"Some amphipods are adapted to extremely long periods of starvation—perhaps a year."

Did they eat one?!