Drift Whale: if all you can muster next year is to be beached

When a whale dies, it sinks. And sinks. A slow motion fall, through the water column, down and down and down, until it comes to rest in a whole different ecosystem than the one in which it lived. Some organisms that make use of this food source are unique to whale falls! Things evolved just for this niche ecosystem.As you prepare for a hard year, when you look around at the s**t piling up, ask yourself: do the decomposers even exist yet? Is it even possible to break it down? What needs to evolve, so that this waste can become a food source? Get full access to Scientific Animism at newsletter.scientificanimism.org/subscribe