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The Virtuous Cycle of Whale Carbon
Whales capture about 33 gigatons of carbon dioxide per year. That's equivalent to the work of four Amazon fours. Whales eat massive amounts of crayle which themselves feed on phytoplankton single cell plants. So this whale is not only grabbing carbale on its body it's fertilizing the phy toplankton. You see? It was the greatest story he never told me, that's what I kept saying."
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