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When a whale dies and its corpse falls to the bottom of the ocean, entire ecosystems rapidly develop around eating every part of it due to how scarce resources are in the deep ocean. This phenomenon is called a "whale fall" and it's a major source of energy for deep ocean ecosystems.
Sometimes I wonder if a shipping container full of billionaires would have a similar effect.
We have to find out. We need to try it immediately to see what happens. That's just basic science
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Whale whale whale, what do we have here? - deep ocean crabs
Life is worth living today thanks to this comment
Fun Fact: Dolphins fart.
I mean everything farts, right? What about a snail?
It's a delicacy in France. Escargot de poopoo
Due to their plant-based diet, I can imagine that snails fart a lot.
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Thalassaphobia is a real thing
I, for one, think itβs completely fucking reasonable to afraid of deep, dark water. Phobia my ass.
Some phobias are irrational but that's not part of the meaning of the word
Norwegian fjords are freaking deep. When you're on the shore of Sognefjord, you're standing in front of a 1300m deep canyon filled with ocean water.
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We are killing the ocean by increasingly acidifying it. This has been known by scientists for decades.
But have you thought of the benefit? Free club soda!
All crabs are now soft shell crabs! Think of the deliciousness!
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A teaspoon of seawater typically contains about fifty million viruses
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Earth's atmosphere is an ocean of gas. The ocean is an atmosphere of liquid. Words are made up.
Yea, for a reason.
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Nooooooo!