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Whales produce more oxygen than every forest on Earth combined. ๐Ÿ‹

This fact changed the way I think about this planet. Every time a whale dives deep and returns to the surface, it brings nutrients from the ocean floor into the sunlit zone. Those nutrients feed phytoplankton. And phytoplankton produce between fifty and eighty percent of all the oxygen on Earth. More than every tree, every forest combined. Without whales, that cycle stops. Phytoplankton collapse. Oxygen drops. The ocean stops absorbing carbon. The food chain follows. Krill, then fish, then everything that depends on fish. Half the oxygen on Earth. Gone. And the closing fact: you have been breathing air made possible by whale excrement your entire life. Every single breath. Without ever knowing.

Did you know this? What else are we not being taught? ๐Ÿ‘‡

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00:00The fact most people do not know, whales are not just animals, they are the engine that keeps this planet
00:06breathing.
00:07Every time a whale dives deep and returns to the surface, it brings nutrients from the ocean floor into the
00:13sunlit zone.
00:14Those nutrients feed phytoplankton, and phytoplankton produce between 50 and 80% of all the oxygen on Earth.
00:23Phytoplankton absorb more carbon than the entire Amazon rainforest.
00:27Without them, that carbon stays in the atmosphere.
00:31The food chain follows.
00:33Krill.
00:34Then fish.
00:36Then everything that eats fish.
00:38Half the oxygen on Earth.
00:41Gone.
00:42You have been breathing air made possible by whale excrement your entire life.
00:47Every single breath.
00:49Without knowing.
00:50That is what disappears when the last whale does.
00:54What do you think?

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