Faecal attraction! At least that is the headline on Yahoo News at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/specieswhalesclimateoffbeat
Odd things catch my attention. First, I would have thought faecal was spelled fecal – but what do I know about whale poop? Much more after spending a few minutes riveted to my computer screen.
As if we did not need another reason to protect whales – it has been determined that sperm whale poop in the Southern Oceans remove the equivalent carbon emissions from 40,000 cars each year thanks to their faeces. What!
It is estimated that 12,000 sperm whales in the Southern Ocean each defecate around 50 tonnes of iron into the sea every year after digesting the fish and squid they hunt and the phytoplankton which eats the iron suck up carbon dioxide through photosynthesis.
What does this mean for you? It means we will not ask you to donate money through a carbon calculator to offset your travel. Oh no my friend, now we will ask you for money so that we may breed squid to feed to sprem whales to increase their poop output. This squid decarbonization formula will help you help whales help us.
Seriously though, read the article, whales are in trouble in every ocean they are found and being careful consumers and supporting protection measures will help protect these amazing animals.
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WOAH! Who knew? Very nice to have a little GOOD news these and this certainly is. Once again the message ultimately is to care for and preserve the natual balance so it can work the way it was intended to. Thanks for all your devotion and excellent work. (And the giggle)
I believe the spelling of the word ‘feces’ in the article was the Euraopean spelling, much like the way they like to add letters in words like ‘Behavior’ and make them ‘Behaviour’, or ‘favorite’ over there is spelled ‘favourite’.
‘Feces’ becomes ‘Faeces’. I don’t believe it’s related to being specifically coming from whales.
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But interesting subject.