There are less than 50 modern natural whale falls in the world, why are there so few whale falls?

In recent years, due to environmental deterioration, human behavior, etc., the fertility of whales has decreased, so the number has decreased, and eventually the number of whales has decreased.

It is very rare for whales to die from birth to natural causes, and they have to face many difficulties in their lives, and many whales die before the end of their lifespan.

Because whales are deep-sea swarms. It rarely occurs in shallow sea areas. And the average lifespan of whales is relatively long. When a whale dies, its carcass sinks into the sea and is difficult to find.

When a whale dies, it is called a whale fall, but what impact does a whale fall have on the ocean? Whales are known to have the largest marine life in the world, with very large bodies, and almost no other rival in the marine ecological environment. For whales, their presence is the most important part of maintaining the marine ecological environment, regardless of the great benefits of life saving and death to nature.

The whale landed on everything. This quote is the benefit of whale death. So how many whales die?

Know that the whale is such a huge body that it will slowly enter the sea. The dying process, because it can bring great improvements to the marine ecology, they are called whales by scientists.

In the process of sinking the whale into the sea, some marine life can be satisfied. The whale body takes months or two years. For the long term, this time will clean thousands of creatures that bring life, 90 whale carcasses.

There will be many organisms, and the body of the whale is inhabited in the habitat. These creatures grow rapidly and rapidly while raising the body. In addition, after the whale is completely dry, the whale's bones will become a sea of coral reefs, making it a perfect habitat for marine life.

Whales bring the greatest impact and benefit to the ocean, not in the upper organisms of the ocean, but in some deep-sea species. Because the ecological environment of the deep sea is not as good as the shallow ecological environment. Life here is relatively primitive, and the food that can be obtained** is also very singular, often faced with the embarrassing situation of not having food.

These deep-sea creatures can only pass through the deep-sea environment they have been facing for a long time and continue to survive in the next area where food is abundant. And this process of crossing the deep sea will have a lot of creatures, because of the lack of food. The production of whales has undoubtedly shortened this need to cross and thus produce deep-sea organisms.

Even scientists have found that there is no significant benefit to existing species during whale periods. There will be a new species, and this is just a variation in the whale death, which will affect the marine ecology for up to a hundred years. Many wings are dropped, which also represents the stability and health of the marine ecological environment.

It enriches the biological environment of the ocean. When a whale dies in the ocean, it forms an entire ecosystem that breeds many microorganisms.

Whales are generally very large, and after the whale dies, they fall to the bottom of the ocean, where they are decomposed by microorganisms, providing a large amount of food and ensuring the stability of the biological chain at the bottom of the ocean.

"One whale falls, all things are born" After the whale died, the huge body slowly descended. 90% of the soft tissues and muscle tissues of his body will be eaten directly, and after the corpse sinks to the bottom, crustaceans, insects, etc., will eat the rest of the body. At the same time, it serves as a habitat and thrives.

Finally, the anaerobic bacteria enter the whale's bones for their final breakdown. The rest will become reefs on the ocean floor, the most biological habitat.

What happens when a whale dies? Why is it said to be "whale fall"?

Whale sink, as the name suggests, means that the whale sinks naturally to the bottom of the sea after the end of its life. Because whales are generally larger, their carcasses provide food for other deep-sea animals after they sink to the bottom of the sea, and their carcasses change differently over time. The whole whale fall formation process is divided into three stages.

The first stage is about a year after the whale sinks to the bottom of the sea. This year, first of all, carnivores active in the deep sea tasted the remains of whales, such as sharks and hagfish. The first carnivores would eat about 50 kilograms of whale meat every day, so it only takes a few months for the meat on the whale to be basically eaten, and the rest is bones and some difficult tissues.

Within a year or two after the whale sinks to the bottom of the sea, the remains of the whale will be processed for the second time by tiny creatures such as crustaceans and polychaetes hidden on the deep seabed. They mainly address the residual nutrients of whales, releasing hydrogen sulfide during the decomposition process. This compound will be beneficial for the development of the third stage.

The third stage, dominated by some sulfur-loving bacteria, cannot obtain energy through photosynthesis, but can only obtain energy through sulfurization. Each stage of life builds a unique food web that will continue to provide food support later in life. Some whales die and their bodies do not sink into the sea, but drift along the current to coastal areas, so fishermen often see whale carcasses on the shoreline!

And when and where the whales will die, humans have absolutely no idea. So, while scientists speculate that there should be a lot of whales in the sea, the number of whales found by humans is very small!

Dead whale carcasses attract many creatures to feed, most of which are small creatures, such as our common crustaceans and polychaetes, which feed on the meat from whale carcasses. Not only that, but there are many anaerobic bacteria and microorganisms that can chew and digest whale bones, which then produce hydrogen sulfide, which is what we call sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic substance for humans, but in the deep sea, hydrogen sulfide is a very precious resource.

Many deep-sea bacteria and microorganisms feed on hydrogen sulfide and use hydrogen sulfide as an energy source, which can build a simple biological chain.

The miraculous natural phenomenon of whale fall is caused by the death of whales, but it is still very dangerous when whales die, and it is very likely to happen when whales die**.

After the whale dies, there is a possibility that the whale will fall. When this phenomenon occurs, whales generally die naturally after a certain lifespan, either because of illness, or because of accidents such as drowning. In these cases, their bodies after death cannot be quickly broken down by microorganisms.

In addition, the whales themselves are very large, so their bodies will slowly sink under the influence of gravity and sink to the bottom of the sea. The process of whale fall generally goes through a relatively long period of time, sometimes it takes several months, sometimes it even takes several years, which is a peculiar phenomenon.

Welcome to pay attention - the time dotted line giant whale falls, all things are born! After the whale leaves this world, the whale carcass sinks to the bottom of the sea at a depth of thousands of meters, and it will be a "rebirth" journey.

When a whale dies, its carcass sinks to the bottom of the sea. Its carcass provides nourishment and nourishment for the creatures of the sea.

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Whale fall, although the name of whale fall, but not all whales can have whale fall after death.

The tragic life phenomenon of whale fall requires at least 30 tons of whales to create. Of the more than 80 whale species in the world, only 10 are currently capable of making whale falls, but all of them are currently endangered under human whaling.

As a result, whale falls are uncommon in the world, and because deep-sea exploration is still difficult for humans, there are fewer than 50 truly natural whale falls found worldwide. As a result, China, which has a vast sea area, did not finally discover a natural whale fall in the South China Sea until March 18, 2020.

Whale fall is not only the self-touching of the so-called literary and artistic youth ridiculed by many people, but its more important significance is:

In the deep waters of the North Pacific, at least 43 species and 12,490 organisms depend on whale falls to survive, and scientists have discovered 16 new species through whale falls.

This is a huge ecological wealth.

Compared with other animals, whales are not only closer in blood to humans, who are also sail-feeding mammals, but also tend to have a high IQ. But this huge and intelligent sea spirit is now under the hunt of humans, step by step towards extinction.

Don't let the whale song in the deep sea become a swan song in the future!

Formation of whale falls.

The formation of whale fall is related to the death of whales, and under normal circumstances, whales will gradually sink to the bottom of the sea after death. But when sinking to the bottom of the sea, the carnivorous and scavenging marine organisms represented by sharks will wipe out the meat on the whale, and then some small fish and shrimp, and other marine life will eat the meat attached to the whale bones, because the whale is large and has more protein, so the whole process will last about 4-24 months, this stage is the first stage of the whale fall, also known as the mobile scavenger stage