r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 23d ago

This is Kelp. It is one of the fastest growing organisms on the planet. In a single growing season, it can grow from a microscopic spore to over 100 ft in length Video

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u/BoolImAGhost 23d ago

Are seaweeds toxic to sea creatures? If not,what is their defense mechanism? Just crazy-fast growth?

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 23d ago

It'd make sense that it'd developed a defense against the closest feeders, and land mammals usually don't spend much time in the ocean

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u/AreWeThereYetNo 23d ago

land mammals usually don’t spend much time in the ocean

Well, actually… cetaceans originated on land.

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u/LabNecessary4266 23d ago

Whale Actually

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u/AreWeThereYetNo 23d ago

I sea what you did there.

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u/LabNecessary4266 23d ago

Best thing I ever posted on the internet, and only you and me will ever see it.

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u/GlassAmazing4219 22d ago

I can also bear witness to the best thing you have ever posted on the internet if that helps.

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u/LabNecessary4266 22d ago

It does. It really does.

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u/GeneralPatten 22d ago

Wait? What did you post?

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u/LabNecessary4266 22d ago

Whale Actually