Do whales float on the surface or sink to the bottom of the ocean when they die?

We often see large marine life stranded on the beach, such as dolphins, whales, sharks, etc. This is all because at high tide, these sea creatures come to hunt near the sea, and because of the energy invested in the hunting process, the catch is quite pleasant, forgetting that the sea slowly recedes, and when the tide goes out, they do not have time to return to the deep sea, so they run aground on the beach. In this way, because of their lack of water, they are basically less likely to survive.

The carcasses of these large marine animals stranded on the beach tend to swell very much because of the microbial action in the intestines of these carcasses, and sometimes even physical during the handling process**.

Stranded whales

However, it is not uncommon to see the carcasses of large whales floating in the water, which are basically right whales, humpback whales or sperm whales. This is because the agar content of these large whales is very high, and the density of agar is relatively small, so the carcasses of these whales will float on the surface for part of the time after death.

Humpback whales

Sperm whales

Right whales

However, the carcasses of these large whales are a meal for other animals, and the carcasses will attract many animals to come and eat, and when the agar on these carcasses is not much left, the carcasses of these large whales will sink to the bottom of the sea, and there will be torn corpse fragments and a lot of organic matter to sink down together, so it forms a scene of "whale fall" and "sea snow". This is undoubtedly a great boon and feast for the creatures of the seabed. "Whale falls" and "sea snow" provide food for creatures in the depths of the ocean and at the bottom of the ocean.

The whale carcass that sank to the bottom of the sea, most of the agar has been torn apart

Cetaceans usually float to the surface after death because of the large amount of blubber under the skin. It then slowly and naturally sinks under factors such as ocean currents and decay and decomposition. Become a whale fall.

The surface of the water, because when it dies, the body swells and then floats on the surface.

Some whales will surface and some will sink to the bottom of the sea.

Sinking on the bottom of the sea to form whale falls enough for various other sea creatures to eat for a few years.

I guess it should be the bottom of the sea first, and then the surface.

Because they are very large in size, and their weight is very large, they sink to the bottom of the sea according to their weight.

Not all whales sink to the bottom of the sea, and whales such as right whales, which are less dense than the sea, float on the surface when they die. Other whales that are denser than the sea will float if they die at a depth of more than 50 meters, but if they die below 100 meters, the negative buoyancy caused by the pressure of the sea will cause them to sink to the bottom of the sea.

Because after the whale dies, all the cells are senile, and the whale loses all its functions, so it sinks to the bottom of the sea.

The weight of a whale is very large, so when he dies, he will definitely sink to the bottom of the sea, and the carcass of a whale can support many creatures to survive.

When a whale dies, it is called a whale fall, why does a whale fall and all things live? The most romantic rebirth in the sea?

It will become food for some animals, and some small animals will divide them up and eat their food into their mouths.

It will be eaten by many carnivorous fish, after all, whales are very large and can feed many fish for many days.

Whale carcasses are decomposed and then fed with nutrients for the ocean; Scavengers attach themselves to whale carcasses, and other animals look for energy on whale carcasses.

Whales are mammals, and they use their lungs to breathe. When they are close to death, their ability to move decreases, and they are unable to move in the water for long periods of time. When they are dying, they breathe normally.

However, their stamina has decreased, and they can only take one last breath by jumping. When they jump with all their strength, they may run out of stamina and eventually die. <

Whales don't just jump out of the water when they're dying, they also jump out of the water when they're dead. When whales enter the breeding season, they will show their strength by jumping, which they use to attract the opposite sex. In addition to this, they will also connect with their companions by jumping.

When groups of whales separate or converge, they do so by jumping. There are also whales that jump just to play, and studies have shown that whales jump a little more often in their juveniles. They are like little ones who think jumping is a very fun action.

The reason why mammoth whales in the ocean float on the surface of the water, but not completely, is because they are relatively large and heavy, but they have a thick layer of fat, so their density is low, allowing them to float partially on the surface. Whales can control their height above the water by controlling their breathing.

Whales float on the surface of the water but don't quite float to maintain their body temperature. The internal temperature of the whale's body is higher than the water temperature, so they float on the surface of the water of Qiaozhilu, and filial piety can expose their body to the air and help maintain their body temperature.

Additionally, floating on the surface of the water can also help whales observe their surroundings in order to better understand their surroundings. Whales can also reduce their frictional resistance by floating on the surface of the water, making it easier to move.

In conclusion, whales float on the surface of the water but do not fully float for reasons such as maintaining their body temperature, observing their surroundings, reducing frictional resistance, etc.

In fact, there is no accurate basis for the whale to jump out of the water and then continue to fall into the sea. But there have also been speculations, such as whales doing this to breathe air, transmit information, and so on。Many scientists believe that whales jump out of the water to ventilate, and then generate tremendous force when they slap the water.

Finally, squeeze the stomach and quickly expel carbon dioxide from the body, but this statement has also been denied. <>

The whale is large because the head of the whale actually has ventilation holes, so there is no need to deliberately jump out of the water in order to breathe air. Some people also say that maybe the whale is courting or announcing a challenge to other whales, and it can also be seen that these statements do not have a specific basis, but this does not affect everyone's love for whales. The whale is very large, and the head is also very large, and it is no exaggeration to say that the tongue can stand 50 people, and the heart is about the size of a car.

Good divers can also see that whales are really very strong, and whales are also mammals, unlike seals, these animals are whales, and they have to live in the water all the time. Other marine mammals can live in water or land for a while, which is probably related to the origin of whales. At the same time, whales are very good divers, and they can swim at speeds of tens of kilometers per hour, which is faster than cruise ships.

The whale is also known as the sea king, and while living in the deep sea, everyone generally uses the word mystery to describe the whale. In many plots, it can be found that the whale is simply the embodiment of gentleness. Because whales never hurt humans, and whales are beautiful creatures, but such beautiful creatures will gradually fade away one day.

The death of a whale is known as a poetic phenomenon and is also known as a whale fall. After the whale dies, the body slowly sinks and then sinks to the deepest part of the ocean, which is why it is difficult to see the whale wreckage after the whale dies.

Barnacles are arthropods with a calcareous shell that attach to the surface of the whale's body and cause a lot of trouble to remove barnacles and whale lice. Whales leap out of the water and crash against the waves, which can knock away barnacles and whale lice.

Because they want to breathe, they fly out of the water to get some fresh air.

It's natural that the fish do this just to get their air.

First, some whales are relatively high in fat. In this case, most of them will be floating on the surface of the sea at that time. In this case, many people have seen this phenomenon.

As the waves develop, they drift to many parts of the sea and slowly decay. Some of them will be washed up on the beach and will slowly rot in the future. Therefore, it depends on the amount of blubber itself.

In this way, if we go to the beach to play, maybe we can see their bodies floating on the surface of the sea.

Second, some whales get sick because of their bodies, which leads to body echolocation failures. This way, they may slowly swim towards a shallower beach. It is necessary to know that whales cannot survive in such shallow waters, and in the end they will have to run aground and die.

The third is most of the larger whales, and we can find that the average density of the whole whale is higher than that of the seawater. In this way, they all slowly sink to the bottom of the sea after death. In the end, they all sank to the deepest part of the ocean floor after death.

This phenomenon is known to our scientists as whale falls. Normally, we divide the steps of sinking to the bottom of the sea into four stages. The first stage is when they begin to sink at the moment of death, and many fish on the ocean floor will wake up and eat about 90% of the whale's body.

It is understood that relatively large whales can usually feed these fish for three years, but some would say that only meat is useful? In fact, this is not the case. Their bones are eaten and used as homes by many animals.

In this way, even if the whale dies, it can be used in many places, and some bacteria will live in the bones of the whale so that they can absorb nutrients to feed themselves, so that everything on the whale will be eaten, and only its remains remain. In this way, the whale in our eyes will eventually become a reef on the bottom of the sea. Like many rocks we've seen, it's actually just whale bones.

Everything in the world is an endless cycle. Whether it's as tiny as a mayfly or as huge as a whale, there will eventually be a day when life ends.

In three years, his body did not change much, because he was then a very corrosion-resistant animal.

Of course, its flesh will be eaten or digested by the creatures at the bottom of the sea, and eventually only the skeleton remains.

I think in three years his body will slowly rot on the outside, and there will be a pile of bones left.

Even if it sinks to the bottom of the sea, it will slowly decay and be eaten by other fish.

The exact reason for this is still in scientific research, and the following is only a reasonable guess:

First, whales are large mammals that live in the sea, and like humans, they breathe with their lungs. But the strange thing is that it cannot leave the ocean for a single step, unlike fur seals and seals, although they also live in the water, but they often come ashore, especially during the breeding season, and gather on land in groups.

The whale could not go ashore, which turned out to be related to its bulky size. Its ribs and sternum are very fragile, the chest wall is also soft, and the abdominal cavity has no bone support. So when it lives in the water, it won't be uncomfortable or inconvenient because of the buoyancy of the water.

However, once it is placed on land, due to the huge weight of the body, the fragile bones are unable to support the heavy pressure, so the chest and abdominal cavity, the lungs and heart, and other internal organs will be severely compressed, resulting in great difficulties and obstacles in breathing and blood circulation. Therefore, if the poor whale is caught ashore by humans, it will suffocate and die in a very short time.

Second: Because the whale's body needs a certain amount of salt and water to maintain the balance of physiological functions, once it leaves the water, all parts of the body, especially **, of course, lose their moisture, and they will die of "thirst".

Third: Since there is no water to cool down, the whale's body temperature will rise, leading to death.

Fourth: long-term stranding, the whale's lack of food leads to starvation; In addition, ** cracks occur after being exposed to the sun, and injuries cause inflammation. So whales stranded are prone to death.

Fifth: Whales are not able to breathe to sustain life, nor do they say that they dry up and die. In fact, the main reason why whales run aground is because:

Military ultra-high frequency sonar detection instruments cause devastating damage to the magnetic field sensing zone of all whales in a certain area of water, which is the whale's brain tissue. So the whale will wash up on the beach and run aground, so many dissections will not find anything special, and they will actually die of functional necrosis of the brain. In fact, there are environmentalists waiting in every place where whales are stranded, and if they find a whale stranded, they go through the experience of returning them to the sea, but unfortunately there are no examples of this method being successful, because they are immediately stranded again after sending them back because their brains have been damaged.

Do you know what the largest animal in the world is? The answer is the whale, and although the whale lives in the sea, it is not a fish, but a mammal. So in some very beautiful seas, you can occasionally see the spectacle of whales breathing out of the water.

And despite their large size, whales are very gentle animals, they never harm humans diving in the water, and they will also protect humans from sharks. It will also protect some small creatures in the sea from the pursuit of ferocious fish, compared to its huge size, although it is not lethal, but it is also the overlord of the ocean.

So, what happens when a whale dies? Generally speaking, whales rarely float on the surface of the sea after death, because their body oil density is greater than that of seawater, so they will sink, but there are some special species of whales that will be washed ashore and stranded and die. Stranded whales are so large that they will not survive even if they return to the water.

Those whales that sink to the bottom of the sea after death also have a poignant and beautiful name, called "whale fall". When a whale dies and sinks to the bottom of the sea, it becomes food for many small sea creatures**, because the whale is so large that it can provide food for about 3 years, and some non-carnivorous plankton can also survive on the nutrients decomposed by the whale carcasses. When the whale's flesh is eaten, some shellfish or turtles come to live among the whale's bones.

The solid whale carcass became their umbrella. But over time, the whale's skeleton was slowly corroded by the seawater, and the remaining skeleton eventually became a reef on the seabed. Such a huge and gentle whale, even after death, still nourishes thousands of lives in the ocean and maintains the entire marine ecosystem, have you been touched by it?

In fact, such friendly animals should be protected. But there are still many people who make up for whales for their own selfish interests, and **** whale meat and whale oil in the market. There is no buying and selling, there is no killing, and I hope that all friends can take responsibility for protecting marine animals.