How whales fuel ocean ecosystems with their pee, placentas, and carcasses

What goes in must come out! And before you ask, yes, this whale IS eating right where another pooped. Gross, but true. Humpback whales will poop at the surface where there is the least amount of pressure, leaving behind these large (and stinky) clouds of poop! Whale poop helps fertilizer the plants of the ocean, called phytoplankton. These microscopic plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen for us to breathe, just like the plants on land. Because the oceans are so vast, it's believed th