What does a whale look like when it dies?

Stranded whales die on their stomachs (swim to shallow water at high tide with belly down; At low tide, the sea recedes and the whale's body is exposed to the surface of the water without enough water to ......Lying on the beach and dying)

Figure: Normal death with belly facing up (center of gravity problem, dorsal spine muscles tightly aligned, ventral hanging, large visceral space) figure.

Whales don't turn their bellies when they die.

My analysis is as follows: whales are mammals, not fish, and only when they have a swim bladder can they turn their belly when they die, and the swim bladder is unique to fish. So, my guess is that whales that don't belong to fish and don't have swim bladders don't turn their bellies when they die.

As for the reason for the collective stranding of whales and suicides, it has not yet been specifically investigated. I have been exposed to the following speculations:1Water pollution has forced whales to come ashore; Coastal architecture makes whales get lost, etc.

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The lungs of whales fill with water after death, so they do not float on the surface.

I heard that whales generally have concentrated burial holes in the sea (watching TV, a terrifying whale bone).

Yes. It's the same belly flip to death, hehe.

Yes, but it's usually floating in the sea

Not only whale carcasses, but also the carcasses of many large animals may be **, but they need to go through a long period of decomposition and aeration, and there is no animal that can automatically ** or burn. Whales are the largest animals on the earth, with thick skin and thick meat, and the internal organs decay first after death, producing a large amount of gas.

Because when the whale knows that it is about to die, it will leave the whale group, and will find a sea area alone, quietly waiting for death and whale fall. So when a whale fall happens, the other whale groups are not in the area. It is correct to say that it is not crushed, but rising.

Whales are heavy though. But he lives in the water, and he's always been under more pressure than we are. In other words, the pressure in his body should be greater than one atmosphere, so that he can ensure that the pressure in his body is in balance with the pressure on the outside world.

Once out of the water, it comes to the environment in which we humans live (one atmosphere). Then the pressure in his body will make his body swell, and his bones will not grow larger. So he died.

I often see news that a whale is stranded, and I don't see that it dies immediately, let alone dies in a second. Most of the stranded whale deaths were caused by sunburn because of its exposure to the air. So what saves whales on the beach is to pour seawater on the whale, of course, don't pour it on the blowhole, it will choke on the water and increase the chance of lung infection.

It's best to wet the cover with a blanket.

Because you're basically not a whale dish. Except that killer whales may attack you in a wetsuit and fins as a seal, a sea lion. This is related to the whale's habits and living environment.

First of all, although the whale is a giant of the sea, it is not a predator like most sharks. Humans are no longer on its menu, and no humans will harm them, except for whaling ships. As a result, they do not tend to be insecure and aggressive like some animals, such as dogs.

The main reason is that after the whale dies, there will be a large amount of organic matter on the body, and the gas in the body will be expelled and descended to the bottom of the sea, so there is a "whale fall".

Because after the whale dies, the food that remains in the whale's body will continue to spoil. When there is nowhere to get out of the whale's body, the gases produced by the decaying food will explode through the whale's belly.

After they die, some internal organs and organs in the body will produce a lot of bacteria, so after sorting, some gas will occur, resulting in whale explosions.

When a whale dies, it is called a whale fall, and they have no swim bladder, and they cannot float in the water after death. Whales that die naturally do not decompose immediately after death, but slowly sink to the bottom of the sea. At this time, an ecosystem is formed in the place where the whales land, and they, like hydrothermal and cold springs, are called oases of deep-sea life.

However, not all whales will fall after death, and only whales that die naturally with branches can form whale falls. <

The significance of whale falls is very important in the marine ecosystem, whales are relatively large, and when they die, their bodies become food for life on the seabed. The death of a whale can feed many creatures under the sea. The second is that whale falls provide an environment for the growth of many creatures that are daunted by the bottom of the fierce and stupid habitats, and also provide them with more organic matter.

Finally, whale falls can also facilitate the transport of organic matter from the upper layer to the lower layer. And whale falls can also promote the creation of some new species, which biologists name as new species.

1. Environmental pollution.

Whale stranding events occur frequently around the world, making it a key factor in the declining whale population. Environmentalists and scientists believe that environmental pollution is responsible for the stranding of whales, and that chemicals polluting the seawater may have disturbed the whales' senses.

In addition, the sound waves emitted by sonar and echo control meters and the underwater noise can cause the whale's echolocation system to be disturbed, causing the frightened whales to run aground.

2. Global warming.

Soaring ocean temperatures are shrinking the environment for cetaceans. Climate change has led to changes in the whale habitat environment, which has reduced their food**. As a result, a large number of whales have been threatened with starvation in recent years.

3. Human cruel "killing".

Today, whaling is still rampant. Although the International Whaling Commission declared a ban on commercial whaling in 1986, the world has not stopped killing whales. Japanese whaling ships continue to engage in whaling activities under the guise of scientific research.

At present, Japan's whaling behavior has reached the point where "everyone shouts and beats rats on the street", but Japanese businessmen, driven by commercial interests, have turned a deaf ear to the protests of environmentalists from all over the world.

Whaling and anti-whaling operations are a constant battle. Looking back at this half-century-old operation, despite some success, it is regrettable that the whale population has not recovered significantly. After withstanding the ravages of several undulating whaling waves, the whales are gradually disappearing into the depths of the sea.

There are some whales that have a relatively high level of blubber and will float on the surface of the sea after death. Some drift with the waves and are slowly decomposed, while others are washed to the shore by the waves and eventually decay. There are also some whales that have problems with their body echolocation, causing stranding and death.

However, most whales have a higher average density than seawater, so they slowly sink to the bottom of the ocean after they die.

This process has a poetic name, whale fall. The whale fall process is generally divided into four stages.

When a whale has just died and the carcass begins to sink, many fish will come around and eat the flesh of the whale. At this stage, 90% of the meat on the whale's body will be eaten, which can feed the fish in this area for three years.

When the whale's meat is gone, the bones become home to crustaceans, invertebrates, and animals that live here for months, if not years.

Later, anaerobic bacteria enter the whale's ant-like bones, decompose the lipids inside, and absorb the last nutrients of the whale.

When all the material is consumed, the whale's bones sink to the deepest depths and become reefs at the bottom of the sea.

Although the whale usually looks fierce, it quietly gives everything after death and feeds tens of millions of lives.

At this time, the corpse will decompose, and there may be a ** situation, and then it will fall to the bottom of the sea and become food for other sea creatures.

There may be a lot of bugs that eat its flesh and drink its blood, and the consequences are more terrible.