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*holds squirt gun to your head* fun sea animal facts. now
Galactic whales… would be a really cool band name.
I like to eat huge gulps of small pasta and pretend that I'm a baleen whale eating krill.
Whale talk… a mother and her calf/baby. The best sound you can hear while diving close to whales. Mesmerizing.
Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄~Antler Orca
whow The Dreadful Whale Isn’t he cute?
I’ve been doing a whole bunch or research on this for a paper. It’s so sad how these beautiful gentle creatures are facing danger from our overbearing presence in their habitats.
Tonight’s and this coming weeks’ streams are raising money for Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Whales and Dolphins play a vital part in the ocean’s ecosystem and, therefore, are important to the health of our planet.
I like to think the money is going to equip Gladis so she can destroy more billionaire’s yachts.
Anyway, we’ll be raising money for that and have a giveaway or two lined up.
You can support Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) here.
To support climate action we must protect the whales.
I’m always asked which area of marine I would like to go into for a career,
the answer is always and will always be cetacean behaviour and conservation.
Why?
Cetaceans, particularly the great whales, bring stability to our ever-changing climate.
When whales dive into the depths of the ocean, they then return to the surface water to breathe. Upon returning to the surface, whales release enormous faecal plumes, containing limiting but essential nutrients that stimulate the growth of phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton, an organism forming the basis of all, marine food, is essential for life on Earth. These microscopic organisms act as carbon fixers by sequestration carbon from the atmosphere to be utilised in their bodily structures. Reducing the number of phytoplankton is undeniably going to cause higher quantities of greenhouse gas emissions remaining in the atmosphere and as a result warming the climate.
Whales' defecation acts as a natural fertiliser in our oceans and is essential in the growth of phytoplankton thus combatting climate change.
Without whales, phytoplankton numbers will reduce meaning greenhouse gas emissions are no longer removed from the atmosphere through these carbon fixers. This creates an increasingly warmer climate, one uninhabitable and one that will impact ALL life on Earth.
Our future lies in our oceans, particularly baleen whales who store astonishing amounts of carbon throughout their 100-year lives. Even when these individuals die, the carbon remains locked in the dead body for centuries to come.
Whales face many threats.
Whaling and climate change are impacting their populations the most.
We must protect whale populations from the threats we have caused
Not only will it benefit whales, but it will benefit all marine life, terrestrial life and even us, humans.
Whales are not only incredible species but a natural solution to climate change one that deserves to be protected.
To support climate action we must protect the whales.
I’m always asked which area of marine I would like to go into for a career,
the answer is always and will always be cetacean behaviour and conservation.
Why?
Cetaceans, particularly the great whales, bring stability to our ever-changing climate.
When whales dive into the depths of the ocean, they then return to the surface water to breathe. Upon returning to the surface, whales release enormous faecal plumes, containing limiting but essential nutrients that stimulate the growth of phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton, an organism forming the basis of all, marine food, is essential for life on Earth. These microscopic organisms act as carbon fixers by sequestration carbon from the atmosphere to be utilised in their bodily structures. Reducing the number of phytoplankton is undeniably going to cause higher quantities of greenhouse gas emissions remaining in the atmosphere and as a result warming the climate.
Whales' defecation acts as a natural fertiliser in our oceans and is essential in the growth of phytoplankton thus combatting climate change.
Without whales, phytoplankton numbers will reduce meaning greenhouse gas emissions are no longer removed from the atmosphere through these carbon fixers. This creates an increasingly warmer climate, one uninhabitable and one that will impact ALL life on Earth.
Our future lies in our oceans, particularly baleen whales who store astonishing amounts of carbon throughout their 100-year lives. Even when these individuals die, the carbon remains locked in the dead body for centuries to come.
Whales face many threats.
Whaling and climate change are impacting their populations the most.
We must protect whale populations from the threats we have caused
Not only will it benefit whales, but it will benefit all marine life, terrestrial life and even us, humans.
Whales are not only incredible species but a natural solution to climate change one that deserves to be protected.
making an honest effort to learn how to use gouache, here’s my whale + shark studies
Whales, whales everywhere! There was a blue whale exhibit at the ROM not too long ago and I was pleased to see ancestral whales too! I forgot to capture the names :/. I’m certain there’s a pakicetus and an ambulocetus there though!