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Random factoid - The world's largest whales are blue whales, and these excrete a minimum of 2 percent of their body weight--about 3 tons--each day.

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[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

Narsty...and environmental groups get on our backs about dumping sewage off boats..hehe

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

One has to wonder if that could be harvested and used as some kind of fertilizer. :)

[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I'm sure....but once again the environmental groups would get mad at that one because it's disturbing to the eco-system.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

So true.. I wonder what little sea-going critters would miss the great poo-tonnage?

It must be like finding a giant grocery store with an "all you can carry for free" sign when they hit that stream of whale-waste.

[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

haha, perhaps, but I think it's much rougher than that....

One critter's "All you can eat" is another bigger critter's "All you can catch."

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That's life as part of the food chain!

Now you make me wonder how closely the poo-eater-eaters follow behind the whales, looking for another snack bar. :)

[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

Oh you can bet that they have followers or "hanger-oners"

I saw something on the Discovery Channel about that...how animals for "partnerships" and benefit from another animals behaviors and so forth.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I remember one about the shakes and their "cleaning crews" that ride along and follow.. I wonder how many predator/prey layers follow the waste-stream... is it a tight loop like only 2 or three, or does it go out a dozen long?

[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

oh, I think it goes on and on...in some sort of way.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Better listen to those Star Trek people then, and keep an eye on them.. how apart would the ecology fall if the whales (and by association, the poop) were removed?