People cheered, wept, and kissed in the streets as World War II finally came to an end in Europe. Today, those warheads still sit on the seafloor, slowly decaying, releasing toxins, and making a surprisingly popular home for sea life. V-1 flying bombs, a type of early cruise missile used by Nazi Germany in late World War II. Image: Bruno Lysiak / CC BY-SA 3.0 DEWhat’s more, organisms seemed to prefer life on bombs more than life on the plain old sediment. Why sea life loves living on bombsDespite the potential negative effects of living on forgotten munitions, many epifauna find life on hard surfaces just easier.