Post APB7W4fa8x2z6yiG3c by Happyfishmedia@cloudisland.nz
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 (DIR) Post #APArJZPwuiRzRXPshM by Happyfishmedia@cloudisland.nz
       2022-11-01T17:34:04Z
       
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       Giant, filter-feeding whales could be eating as much as 43kg of plastic every day, new research estimates.The new study, published in international science journal Nature Communications, compared the feeding habits of 191 blue, fin and humpback whales around the California coast with in-depth microplastics data.https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/130336834/filterfeeding-whales-could-be-gobbling-down-millions-of-microplastics-every-day
       
 (DIR) Post #APArJZtN9JzCunBNYm by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2022-11-01T22:44:44Z
       
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       @HappyfishmediaWoah. That's a lot of plastic. Did it say what proportion it is off their overall diet? The higher that proportion gets the more likely they are to starve to death, even while eating a normal amount :(
       
 (DIR) Post #APAsfqrwoGRxtRhWFc by Happyfishmedia@cloudisland.nz
       2022-11-01T22:54:56Z
       
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       @strypey Not sure, but their throats are very narrow, and they can choke on anything larger than an orange.
       
 (DIR) Post #APB41zE3WHlXg3nbgO by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2022-11-02T01:09:11Z
       
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       @Happyfishmedia I now have a mental image of a whale choking on an orange. That's going to stick with me allll day ...
       
 (DIR) Post #APB7W4fa8x2z6yiG3c by Happyfishmedia@cloudisland.nz
       2022-11-02T01:50:43Z
       
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       @strypey Opps. Sorry.
       
 (DIR) Post #APBB3MnU4BsCkeyXyK by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2022-11-02T02:26:35Z
       
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       @Happyfishmedia No, no! Kei te pai. In practice it would be terribly sad of course, but something about the absurdity of the image is also weirdly amusing. Like, where did a whale get an orange? Why would it try to swallow one? What would a coughing whale look like? How would one give a whale a Heimlich?
       
 (DIR) Post #APBDfutHxIghP5CUCG by Happyfishmedia@cloudisland.nz
       2022-11-02T02:42:17Z
       
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       @strypey I've literally helped save thousands of whales, but haven't had to do the Heimlich Maneuver on any!
       
 (DIR) Post #APBgw8qIkR8NyitMxM by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2022-11-02T07:36:47Z
       
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       @HappyfishmediaPhew! 😅