2007-05-16 15:14:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Of course not. The source of the salt in the ocean is minerals that dissolve out of the rocks on earth. These dissolved minerals run off into rivers and into the sea.
2007-05-16 15:19:29 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it is true or not, but not for the reason you would expect me to jump to ! The only factor here is whether whale sperm is in fact salty or not. If it is, then the answer is a firm yes. Salty just means tasting of or containing salt. So a sample of sea water may well contain salt content sourced from whale sperm. No matter how minuscule the contribution, as a statement of fact, how could you conclude otherwise ? Redith - "moreover a typical blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it ejaculates... and you wonder why the ocean is so salty!" - I do not accept the volume you state, but no matter, let me just deconstruct what you said. The contribution, even if it was 100 % salt, is so tiny in the context of the oceanic volume that to state 'so salty' is nonsensical.
2016-05-20 15:59:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the salt is not from whale sperm, but a large percentage of the ocean (over 90%, I think) really is whale sperm.
2007-05-16 15:57:54 · answer #3 · answered by D 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
kk first off there are not that many whales in the sea to that all the salt will be whale sperm.
second sperm is wayy smaller than a salt grain
third salt is nacl, which is sodium chloride, and it is acid that comes from eroded rocks.
fourth salt is also found in rock, and whale sperm cant reach in a rock
2007-05-16 19:16:07 · answer #4 · answered by ASG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww no.
Salt in the ocean comes from the land. The elements that make up salts, such as chlorine and sodium, started out in rocks. Water and acids eroded the rocks, and rivers carried the elements into the sea. When all the water is gone, the salts are left behind as solid, white crystals.
2007-05-16 15:29:50 · answer #5 · answered by lostagain1701 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not.
Just do the math.
Whales may be big, but there is a few things that have to be bigger: the total of all the fish that whale eat, whale cannot be big unless they eat their own weight over their growth period, right?
So, there would be more fish sperm that whale sperm from the start.
So, my advise to you is to stop hanging around lame jerks you tell you crazy stuff like that...
2007-05-16 15:20:14 · answer #6 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
im sure there is whale sperm floating around somewhere, but im sure its salt
2007-05-16 15:18:12 · answer #7 · answered by ♥...........♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dido to Vincent and ecolink
2007-05-16 15:23:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahaha
2007-05-16 15:53:26 · answer #9 · answered by teknique 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that is definitly not true.
2007-05-16 15:18:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋