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karim79today at 3:15 AM2 repliesview on HN

They accelerate upwards and their bubbling metabolism will compensate. If any creatures on the surface die from inhalation of the fart then the whales become awake and feed on them immediately. Slumber resumed. It's like a background clean-up process.


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pierrectoday at 4:26 AM

Yup, the old brap n' snap. Everyone who swims around whales knows and fears this.

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jb1991today at 4:14 AM

This is an interesting theory but it’s not at all how sperm whales eat and doesn’t fit into their dietary habits that we know of.

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