Whale food for everyone

2005/02/25 Roa Zubia, Guillermo - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Biologia
• Ozeanografia

What if the whales disappeared? Then, those who eat whales would be without food. According to Japanese studies, this will not happen, since the populations of the whale are not in danger, so they eat whale meat calmly, but others consider that the danger of losing the whale is serious. And along with them, populations who eat whale meat are also in danger, according to a research group at the University of Hawaii.

When a whale dies, the body almost always sinks. Suddenly, a huge food of 160 tons arrives in the background, a 'gift' for many of the species that live there. After observing the submarine called Alvin, they discover that a whole community of species is surrounded by corpses. The marine worm represented in the image (Bathykurile guaymasensis) is one of these species. Now scientists are concerned about the influence that can have whale capture.