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[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago

Me: Is that true?

Search a little

Me: Oh my god...

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/tough-teeth-and-parrotfish-poop

In a year, one large parrotfish can produce 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of sand, the weight of a baby grand piano.

Most of the sand comes from waves sloshing onto rocks though, right? right?

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 months ago

most of the sand is eroded inland and deposited by rivers

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thank fuck for that!

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Depends entirely on where you're at. Our coastal beaches are pure white and sound like popcorn (fish eating) when you're underwater near coral.

The beaches along the rivers can be brown sand, washed down as you say, but some are pebbles instead. Never understood how two rivers so close together ended up with such different beaches.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I had never thought about the reproductive cycles of grand pianos, fascinating

[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
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