> How many whale-sized harnesses are just floating around in the sea anyway?

Quite a lot actually. RT was just showing a documentary about the undersea harness plants of Sweden. Apparently they are naturally made of nylon and float up from from the sea floor and attach to Beluga wales to spread their seeds throughout the sea. Absolutely nothing to do with Russia. /s

If this was 10 years ago and not hackernews I'd be able to find a yo-mamma joke somewhere in here...