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Whalefall.

An incredible example of the food web in action. “When a whale dies and sinks to the ocean floor, it creates a new ecosystem that changes the local food web for up to a century afterwards. They only occur in […]

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That one time Oregon blew up a whale.

“In 1970, the Oregon Highway Division consulted with the U.S. Navy and decided the best way to dispose of a whale carcass was to blow it up with a ½ ton of dynamite. The explosion caused blubber to rain down on […]