| ▲ | smallerfish 8 hours ago | |
Your mind may be blown by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redbird_Reef | ||
| ▲ | mahboi 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
That is really cool, thanks | ||
| ▲ | thaumasiotes 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Yeah, that was pretty interesting. > From 2001 to 2008, within the vicinity of the reef, the amount of marine food per square foot has increased 400 times. > The site has become so popular that fishermen steal from each other, and other states apply for the next subway cars to be dumped in their waters. I guess the biggest problem in the ocean is the inability to stay in place. There was an interesting discussion of something similar on Twitter a couple years ago: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1760058156632142058.html > Hyenas can strip a dead elephant clean in less than 48 hours. > But in the ocean, whale carcasses drift around for months before they eventually sink. > Land animals have gravity privilege. Any random stray dog can tear into a dead cow, even if the cow is a lot larger. > But when bunch of sharks come up on the floating whale carcass, it's essentially a game of bobbing for pumpkins... it's not really possible to hold on to it or tear it open. | ||