What happens when whales die?

Answer 1

Whale fat is used in oil, so is dolphin fat. Dolphin and whale meat are both sold in tins, the fins are used to make soup and the organs can be used for research. Whale skin can be made into upholstery.

Answer 2

Like any thing that dies, they biodegrade, and end up food for the life in the ocean.

Answer 3

When whales die they sink to the bottom of the ocean where the animals there eat all the nutrients off the whale til its just bones.

Answer 4

After whales are killed, their fat (blubber) is used as fuel. Ambergris from their digestive tracts may be used in perfumes, but some perfumes today use synthetic ambergris.

Answer 5

The whale falls to the bottom of the ocean or sea it is in and creatures that live down there eat its flesh

Answer 6

Dead whales float to the bottom of the ocean and decompose in which deep sea fish feed on their bodies.

Answer 7

It would decompose or animals would eat it. Both can happen at the same time.

Answer 8

Their body naturally decomposes.

Answer 9

Bait for other fishes!