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What happens if they have an attack of flatulence? But seriously, this must happen sometimes!

• karim79 3mo ago
  They accelerate upwards and their bubbling metabolism will compensate. If any creatures on the surface die from inhalation of the fart then the whales become awake and feed on them immediately. Slumber resumed. It's like a background clean-up process.
  • jb1991 3mo ago
    This is an interesting theory but it’s not at all how sperm whales eat and doesn’t fit into their dietary habits that we know of.
    • karim79 3mo ago
      It was just a muse. I wasn't being serious at all.
      • jb1991 3mo ago
        I know, I was also not being serious.
  • pierrec 3mo ago
    Yup, the old brap n' snap. Everyone who swims around whales knows and fears this.
    • karim79 3mo ago
      Whale farts be deadly.
• KurSix 3mo ago
  A real flatulence event would probably qualify as a minor geological disturbance