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[โ€“] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 87 points 2 months ago (7 children)

When a whale dies and its corpse falls to the bottom of the ocean, entire ecosystems rapidly develop around eating every part of it due to how scarce resources are in the deep ocean. This phenomenon is called a "whale fall" and it's a major source of energy for deep ocean ecosystems.

[โ€“] Agent641@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Sometimes I wonder if a shipping container full of billionaires would have a similar effect.

[โ€“] trueheresy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Or a submarine.

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