● NEWS ● #TheConversation #Wildlife ☞ Nine things you don’t know about #seahorses https://theconversation.com/nine-things-you-dont-know-about-seahorses-165650 "particularly vulnerable to overfishing"
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The hopeful return of polar whales
https://theconversation.com/the-hopeful-return-of-polar-whales-151487
In a recent study, scientists reported that blue whales, once prized by whalers for their gargantuan size, are increasing in number in the waters surrounding the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, with 41 new individuals catalogued over the past nine years. South Georgia saw around 3,000 blue whales killed each year at the hunt’s peak in the early 20th century. The waters surrounding the island are rich in the krill these whales eat, and scientists believe their return heralds a “rediscovery” of this oceanic larder by new generations.
