156
Whale poop πŸ‹ πŸ’© (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 14 points 2 weeks ago

It's believed half of all produced oxygen is done by sea and whale poop is incredibly important for providing nutrients to the surface to help this process.

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Man if the whales die out, entire countries are going to have to take turns to shit in the ocean.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

UK water companies trying as hard as they can

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Phytoplankton is photosynthetic. It would be more accurate to say that it is fertilised by whale poop.

[-] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Still consuming it; so just "feeding" it in a different sense.

[-] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

That’d be an absolute unit of a mug

this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
156 points (98.1% liked)

Science Memes

15314 readers
2565 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Sal@mander.xyz
fossilesque@mander.xyz
SciBot@mander.xyz
fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com