2023年1月24日 · According to multiple reports, blue whale poop has the consistency of bread crumbs and smells as bad as dog poop. Their urine is just as unique; it is colored a bright yellow-green that borders on neon. Each time, they can pass out up to 200 liters of urine. Blue whale poop contains key nutrients for the ocean’s well-being. It creates ...

2019年11月15日 · Mr Jenner said a blue whale was capable of producing up to 200 litres of excrement with each bowel movement, which in itself plays a vital role in ensuring a constant food supply. "Their poo is a key nutrient for the ocean environment which essentially creates 'pastures' for small fish and krill to feed on," he said.

2021年11月4日 · Whale poop is serious business: A single blue whale eats around 16 metric tons of krill a day, and ejects volcanic amounts of poop. And that poop is full of iron. Iron is rare in the...

Smithsonian scientist Nick Pyenson took part in new research that indicates that in one day a blue whale can eat about 16 tonnes (or metric tons) of krill. That’s about the same as 8,800 quarter-pound burgers! When considering all the blue whales that live today, it means blue whales eat over half a million tonnes of krill every year.

Whale feces contain DNA, hormones, toxins and other chemicals which can give information on a number of aspects of the health, natural history and ecology of the animal concerned. Feces have also provided information on the bacteria present in …

3 天之前 · The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as krill to support a body of up to 100 feet (30 meters) long. ... To investigate what role whale poop may have played in this ecosystem, the study analyzed five stool samples. ... Grasshopper size changes suggest how to ...

2012年8月10日 · This aerial shot, taken by oceanographic consultant Eddie Kisfaludy off the Southern California coast, shows a blue whale and a truly enormous plume of its poop, the same vibrant orange as the krill on which the whales feed.

2021年11月3日 · A blue whale can grow to weigh 150 tons, nearly as heavy as 14 school buses. You don’t get that big without gobbling up — and pooping out — a whole lot of stuff.

2022年8月10日 · Now to the whales generating all the poop. We’re talking about baleen whales. Baleen whales include species such as the humpback whale, the fin whale, and the blue whale, which is the largest animal on Earth. Baleen whales aren’t easy to spot, they often forage beneath the surface; surfacing for only a brief time for air before diving ...

1 天前 · The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as krill to support a body of up to 100 feet (30 meters) long.