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How much of the ocean is whale pee?


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How Much of the Ocean Is Whale Pee (and Worse)?

If you enjoy swimming, snorkeling, surfing or scuba diving in the ocean, at some point you may have wondered how much of what you were floating in originated in the body of a marine animal. The ocean is home to millions of known species — about 2.2 million, according to a study published in August 2011 in the journal PLOS Biology — which translates into untold numbers of creatures, large and small, from microscopic zooplankton to enormous marine mammals that weigh hundreds of thousands of pounds. However, the ocean isn't just their home; it's also their toilet.

Read more: Live Science

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That's enough internet for the day. Bye bye.

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On 2017-6-22 at 1:54 AM, Claire. said:

How Much of the Ocean Is Whale Pee (and Worse)?

If you enjoy swimming, snorkeling, surfing or scuba diving in the ocean, at some point you may have wondered how much of what you were floating in originated in the body of a marine animal. The ocean is home to millions of known species — about 2.2 million, according to a study published in August 2011 in the journal PLOS Biology — which translates into untold numbers of creatures, large and small, from microscopic zooplankton to enormous marine mammals that weigh hundreds of thousands of pounds. However, the ocean isn't just their home; it's also their toilet.

Read more: Live Science

CANT STOP LAUGHING 

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The Ocean is a soup of organic detritus in which it's organisms feed, breed and thrive. What settles to it's bottom is compressed and becomes miles upon miles of limestone forming a significant portion of Earth's crust. Oceans are the life force of our water world, the major portion of the planetary biome, without which not much--if any--life could exist or persist. The waste products of it's organisms are the food and energy source of those deep dwellers that exist beyond the reach of the photosynthesis generated by our star. The oceans are the water of life.

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On ‎22‎/‎06‎/‎2017 at 0:54 AM, Claire. said:

How Much of the Ocean Is Whale Pee (and Worse)?

If you enjoy swimming, snorkeling, surfing or scuba diving in the ocean, at some point you may have wondered how much of what you were floating in originated in the body of a marine animal. The ocean is home to millions of known species — about 2.2 million, according to a study published in August 2011 in the journal PLOS Biology — which translates into untold numbers of creatures, large and small, from microscopic zooplankton to enormous marine mammals that weigh hundreds of thousands of pounds. However, the ocean isn't just their home; it's also their toilet.

Read more: Live Science

Does it matter when all Earths fresh water lakes and reservoirs are also polluted with all kinds of waste products ..

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I never expected to hear the words " fecal" and " cloud " used together. There's just something wrong about that.

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Where did people expect whales and fish to do their business? In the sky?

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On 2017-6-24 at 8:49 PM, spud the mackem said:

Does it matter when all Earths fresh water lakes and reservoirs are also polluted with all kinds of waste products ..

Since when does faeces and urine count as pollution? 

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