Doubting whether cave invertebrates feed on just anything they can find in the harsh food-wise environment underground, researchers conducted a research in Slovakian and Romania caves. They studied a number of microwhip scorpions, oribatid mites, millipedes, springtails and crustaceans and their gut content. As a result it was concluded that there is an evident nutritional specialization among the selected groups.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150810110751.htm
Underground gourmet: Selected terrestrial cave invertebrates and their meal preferences
10 August 2015
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