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Why holes at the bottom of the ocean disappear and reappear
- syndicatedjelly 3y agoWhat a fascinating reason.
- akam4n4n 3y agoTL;DR : Eels hid beneath the sand, porpoise drags them out creating a 'hole'
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- lofaszvanitt 3y agoIt always baffled me why only 1 type of dolphin is showcased in every damn documentary. This one looks so cool.
- RamblingCTO 3y agoAnd it's very shy apparently. Even as someone from the more northern parts of Germany, I didn't know that these creatures lived there!
- pvaldes 3y agoEndangered and elusive, but not as critical as is smaller Californian cousin. Very cute animals.
- erikerikson 3y agoYet it is just a hypothesis at this point with no direct evidence (such as photos)
- erikerikson 3y agoAs stated by the article. To be fair, I also don't always RTFA.
- karmajunkie 3y ago[flagged]
- dotancohen 3y agoPlease don't post memes to HN.
- chownie 3y agoSomeone's humorous aside is not a meme.
- karmajunkie 3y agothe funny thing isn’t even the meme, it’s that GP posted at least one meme-y response of his own to a separate story AFTER getting butthurt about a kaiju joke.
- pugworthy 3y agoPurposely made!
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- EdSchouten 3y agoPorpoisely!
- RamblingCTO 3y agoNice illustration of the scientific process that's not so abstract that even other Biologists wouldn't understand, as is often the case in other fields. Very cool!
- wiredfool 3y agoIn Puget Sound, there are areas where gray whales feed on buried prey in tidal zones specifically the beach at Langley) where they basically wind up liquefying the sand, sucking out the food, and letting it all settle back down. Then, when the tide is out, there are these slightly depressed poorly consolidated areas that are effectively quicksand -- you can go from hard sand to knee deep in a few feet/seconds.
- gswdh 3y ago[dead]
- Modified3019 3y agoSome types of pufferfish are known to build complex circular nests to attract mates and protect their eggs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOGvVn7IWVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOGvVn7IWVY And a lovely song about it: https://moulettes.bandcamp.com/track/pufferfish-love https://moulettes.bandcamp.com/track/pufferfish-love
- pvaldes 3y agoBottlenose dolphins can do this also. They definitely eat eels.