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This is exactly the kind of hyperbole I'm talking about. Whales and dolphins and fish are not the totality of life in the oceans. There's krill and algae and bacteria and a bazillion other things.

Now, losing whales and dolphins and fish would be catastrophic (IMO). But that is not the same as losing all life. It is not that "some of the life in the ocean could adapt." Life in the ocean (and on land) will adapt, no question about it. It just might not be the kind of life we humans want to see. That is the problem.