Fun facts about the ocean

13/03/2021

In 2007, a Greenland whale was killed during a whaling expedition. In the animal’s body, the tip of a harpoon was found which must have been there since 1885. This discovery proved that the animal must have been more than 130 years old and confirmed the hypothesis that the Greenland whale is the mammal with the highest life expectancy.

13/03/2021

An adult oyster can clean and filter up to 190 liters of water per day.

13/03/2021

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

13/03/2021

At least 50 percent of the oxygen in our atmosphere is produced by phytoplankton in the oceans and not by land plants. Due to the rising sea temperatures, however, the phytoplankton population continues to decline.

10/03/2021

At birth, a blue whale is already 26 feet long and weighs more than eight tons. In its first year, the newborn gains approximately 176 pounds of weight per day – 7.3 pounds per hour.

10/03/2021

Don Juan Pond in Antarctica is the saltiest body of water on earth. Its salt content is over 40 percent.

10/03/2021

The average depth of our oceans is 12,467 feet. The deepest point, the Mariana Trench, is even approximately 36,201 feet below sea level.

05/03/2021

Whales can reach a volume of up to 230 decibels with their songs. That is twice as loud as a jet taking off.

05/03/2021

Being 35,802 feet below the surface the water pressure at the Mariana Trench is eight tons per square inch (1,086 bars). If you made your way down there, it’d feel like you were holding up nearly 50 jumbo jets.

05/03/2021

With one “bite”, blue whales consume up to 1,100 pounds of food or almost half a million calories. Opening the mouth and eating food alone can burn up to 2,000 calories.

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