Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and expelling oxygen,

New research has shown that whales ferry substantial quantities of nutrients for thousands of miles in their urine and other bodily outputs.

“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, creating a ‘whale fall’ — an event that supports entire deep-sea communities. Scavengers like sharks, hagfish, and deep-sea invertebrates feast on the remains, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.”

In a nutshell Migrating baleen whales transport thousands of tons of nutrients from cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds to warm, nutrient-poor breeding areas through their urine, placentas, skin, and carcasses,

When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.