Phytoplankton is photosynthetic. It would be more accurate to say that it is fertilised by whale poop.
Whale poop 🐋 💩
Submitted 2 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Crankenstein@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Still consuming it; so just “feeding” it in a different sense.
sunoc@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’d be an absolute unit of a mug
RedSnt@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
It’s believed half of all produced oxygen is done by sea and whale poop is incredibly important for providing nutrients to the surface to help this process.