On 9 Dec 2004, at 15:50, Josiane Cabana wrote:
> Hi Mister Hoyt,
>
> First, thanks a lot for your answer to my question concerning the whale
> birth, it helps a lot.
> But I have another one ! We have a web site (www.whales-online.net)
> with a
> section where people can ask their questions, like your "ask a
> scientist"
> page, but sometimes, I can't find any answer to those, like the
> following
> one : Do you know the amout of poop a blue whale produces by day?
>
> I really appreciate if you have any kind of informations that can
> answer
> this question.
>
> Thanks again for your help,
>
> Josiane Cabana
>
This question is partly answered on the whale net site by Fred Wenzel.
See: http://whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask98/0489.html
But I couldn't find even a speculative answer for the total amount
produced in a day. It appears to be very difficult in fact to measure
blue whale excrement because it is mostly liquid and disperses quickly.
Erich Hoyt
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