The world was better off when there was more whale poop
The team discovered that baleen whales eat way more than previously estimated – three times more. “Each fin whale or blue whale is the size of a commercial airliner. Savoca is lead author on astudy published in the latest issue of the journal Natureoutlining the findings. (Cue that old Circle of Life song.) And there’s a bonus: Phytoplankton also suck up climate change-accelerating carbon dioxide.