Whales' Urine Moves Nutrients
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Discovery: The great whale pee funnel moves vital nutrients
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Whales carry huge quantities of nutrients horizontally, across whole ocean basins.
They call this movement of nutrients a 'conveyor belt' or 'the great whale pee funnel' In some places, like Hawaii , the input of nutrients from whales is bigger than from local sources.
It's critical to tropical ocean health, therefore, to protect and restore whales.
Migrating baleen whales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems.
Blue whale populations are still greatly reduced after intense hunting in the twentieth century .
Seabirds transport nitrogen and phosphorus from the ocean to the land in their poop.
Animals form the circulatory system of the planet -- and whales are the extreme example.".
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