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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.

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MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Whale whale whale, what do we have here? - deep ocean crabs

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- Bunnylux@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Life is worth living today thanks to this comment
  
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Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Sometimes I wonder if a shipping container full of billionaires would have a similar effect.

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- lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  We have to find out. We need to try it immediately to see what happens. That’s just basic science
  
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- Zron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  That seems like a waste of a perfectly good shipping container.
  
  Why don’t we just use environmentally friendly hemp ropes and locally sourced boulders?
  
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  - Adalast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Locally sourcing boulders over the Marianas Trench is going to be such a pain. I’m pretty sure the environmental benefits will outweigh importing some nice basalt from Hawaii before we leave out.
    
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- trueheresy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Or a submarine.
  
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