eli5 what happens to dead fish or sharks?

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Do they vanish? Do other fish eat dead fish?
What about sharks and whales?

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They get eaten, or they sink to the bottom, and then get eaten 

It’s not fish or sharks, but there is a cool phenomena called “Whale Falls” where when a dead whale sinks down to the deep parts of the ocean where there is not light at all, it gets absolutely swarmed by deep sea life, crabs, eels, starfish, everything, and acts as this beacon of food for months until it is reduced down to just bones.

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