I think this is a great summary of the harms to the seafloor--and this alone should be why deep sea mining should be a no-go!

But another reason deep sea mining is so absurd is that the very minerals we would theoretically get from the seafloor are the same minerals we throw out with our e-waste every day. We need to develop systems to reduce our need for unnecessary new electronics (ie. stop making products that crap out after a few years, make sure we can repair them when they break, etc.), and to recycle critical minerals so we don't need to endlessly mine more.

This is a good report that looks at these very problems: https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/we-dont-need-deep-sea-mining/

Amazing. It's so awesome to see right whales in such good body condition, without so many scars...

And the thing is I don't even think it would be more convenient? Because like, how long do you actually stand in front of your fridge or your dishwasher???? Definitely not the length of a full phone call, surely. The goal of a dishwasher is to make dishes a 15 min max task???

Won't we all be crabs in the end? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-animals-keep-evolving-into-crabs/

It will never not amaze me that species have evolved to be able to swim so closely to each other without running into each other

Crazy how they start so small and end up so terrifying

New meaning for "flip flops"

nope nope nope

Another grim way to tell is the lack of scars--more than 85% of North Atlantic right whales have been entangled in fishing gear, and you can often see the scars from those entanglements on their bodies

Oooh, hopefully someone answers. I was just coming here to say: the sharks are cool but that kelp is incredible. Truly like redwoods in the sea

I want to find them cute, but honestly finding them hard to look at

It's also cool how some of its brown fur blends in to the pine needles. Great camoflage

Whale religion would be a trip

I wonder what it tastes like....

Instead, it's us with the short lifespans! I wonder if these whales have any concept of how quickly we grow old and die, or how ancient they are

I know! I was just shocked that any mammal can live so long, and it's even more shocking to think of an intelligent, social animal have that long of a lifespan.

So cool, so terrifying

And some of the oldest whales can live to 130! That's a mind-boggling lifespan--they would have seen the absolute slaughter and then recovery of their species (for the lucky species that have recovered)

If you have Netflix, Buy Now is good!

Narnia vibes

My parents that live in suburbia almost never use parks as places to gather, and are always so delighted to visit me in my large city and see everyone enjoying a beautiful day in the park.