Unmanned craft finds naturally-occurring whale fall

[boingboing]

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/02/24/unmanned-craft-finds-naturally.html

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[Knome]

[Engineer666]

I hope they find a bowl of petunias next to it.

[LurksNoMore]

Definitely interesting. I hadn’t even thought about what happens to dead whales!

[Nonentity]

Oh no, not again!

[anon26304152]

As opposed to a man made whale fall?

I suppose that’s entirely possible, but “naturally occurring whale fall” sounds odd

Or maybe just whale fall sounds odd

[nimelennar]

@wisconsinplatt

As opposed to a man made whale fall?

I suppose that’s entirely possible, but “naturally occurring whale fall” sounds odd

From the OP:

@boingboing

Most whale falls observed by scientists have been created on purpose, staking a carcass to the ocean floor in a fixed location, like the Rosebud whale fall off San Diego