Beware The Red Water Off La Jolla - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Croaker Dave · 08-09-2012, 02:15 PM

And I don't mean the plain old everyday red tide. Beware the blue whale fecal plume.

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A blue whale and its feces off La Jolla, California.

They say it is all good because the flocculent fecal plumes make the "whale pump" to move nitrogen through the ecosystem. Remember that when it slops up through your scupper holes and sticks between your toes, and drips down your paddles and all over the hands that you use to eat your snacks with.

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08-09-2012, 02:15 PM	#1
Croaker Dave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: OC Posts: 171	Beware The Red Water Off La Jolla And I don't mean the plain old everyday red tide. Beware the blue whale fecal plume. \ A blue whale and its feces off La Jolla, California. They say it is all good because the flocculent fecal plumes make the "whale pump" to move nitrogen through the ecosystem. Remember that when it slops up through your scupper holes and sticks between your toes, and drips down your paddles and all over the hands that you use to eat your snacks with. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...ue-whale-poop/ Last edited by Croaker Dave; 08-09-2012 at 02:20 PM.