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▲ nubinetwork 8 hours ago

Was surprised not to see whales on the list

▲dhosek 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Individual whales are large, but there aren’t that many individuals.

▲SoftTalker 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wonder if populations have fully recovered from the whale-oil era.

▲ceejayoz 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They've got a long, long way to go.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Whale_Populatio...

▲WillAdams 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Fish species in general have been badly affected by commercial fishing:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/33/

▲nephihaha 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Giant squid may be a bigger part of biomass than people think. I saw some estimates on sperm whale catches of giant squid and they may be eating thousands. There are far more of them than you might think, and they have a 3D living space. Sperm whale may be designed to hunt them.

▲ninalanyon 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

LOL