Their bodies are filled with holes that ooze slime; this slime appears to be a method of defense, as well as a possible means of predation. With neither jaws nor eyes, they may seem ill suited for the modern ocean environment, but they are survivors, in the truest sense of the word. Following the scents to a dead or dying victim, they enter its body through any available orifice. Once inside, they gorge upon the animals internal organs; eventually leaving behind an empty, withered husk.