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.
