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the protein powering whales, painted pink, glowing in the dark, all the way at the bottom of the menu
means Tiny shrimp-like crustaceans that swarm by the billions in cold ocean waters and form the foundational food source for whales, seals, penguins, and fish.
from From Norwegian "krill," meaning small fry or young fish — the little stuff that bigger creatures eat. Norwegian whalers, who knew exactly what filled a whale's belly, handed the word to English, and it surfaced in the language in the early 20th century.
- total weight
- may outweigh every human on Earth
- glow trick
- produces its own bioluminescent blue light
- whale fuel
- a blue whale eats tons daily
- pink secret
- their diet turns flamingos pink
- swarm size
- some swarms visible from space
for instance
antarctic krill — euphasia superba, primary food source for blue whales in southern ocean
north atlantic krill — meganyctiphanes norvegica, feeds cod, herring, and marine mammals off norway