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A whale necropolis has been found

46 pointsby tigerlilylast Wednesday at 7:40 PM23 commentsview on HN

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nine_ktoday at 3:25 AM

> the fossil record in this area comprises both extant and extinct deep-diving beaked whales. Isotopic dating shows that whale falls in this region have occurred since at least 5.3 million years ago

So this look less like an organized cemetery, and more like Mt Everest, also littered by bones of the less fortunate adventurers.

bkitano19today at 4:49 AM

Warning: the photos are nightmare fuel and not safe for bedtime

Palomidestoday at 2:39 AM

funny that this summary is paywalled but the actual article is open access

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10546-z

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jtfrenchtoday at 2:10 AM

I feel like maybe we've needed an "OceanX" before a "SpaceX".

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aaron695today at 3:57 AM

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