Whale poo: The ocean's miracle grow
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 10:20
in Biology & Nature
While many mammals produce excrement in clumps, whale poop is more of a slurry. "Very liquidy, a flocculent plume," says whale expert Joe Roman at the University of Vermont. Flocculence is a state of fluffiness, akin to a tuft of wool.