The oldest whales in the ocean were alive before 'Moby-Dick' and have the harpoons to prove it

Upworthy ^ | April 28, 2025 | Upworthy Staff

[Macho MAGA Man]

Incredible! I did not know this.

[metmom]

Very impressive.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Barf article.

The usual communist crap.

Starting with the usual revelation, “Inupiat whalers (who are still allowed to hunt for survival)”.

So, non-white humans count for more than whales. Got it. White humans less. Got it.

[EvilCapitalist]

Is Hillary that old?

[rlmorel]

"Is Hillary that old?"

By all accounts, her pant suit smells like it is.

They say it smells like urine, boiled cabbage, and despair.

[Macho MAGA Man]

Could be!

[Candor7]

I am ashamed of the human race...........NOT.

I still use my whale oil lamps !

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[bitt]

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[Clutch Martin]

My dad had a tin can of whale oil leather preservative that he purchased back in the 60s to keep up his pole climbing boots. It smelled like a petroleum product. I had that can around for years, I think my brother-in-law has it now.

[Bikkuri]

You forgot sulfur..

[TigersEye]

Baleen whales have been found to live longer than toothed cetaceans ... because they eat a lot of red krill. :)

Expensive stuff unless you’re a whale.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Well, the USSR (populated by Whites for a certain value of "White") hunted whales up until the 1980s and no one seemed to care. And they did not even eat them or even really use them for anything.

The Most Senseless Environmental Crime of the 20th Century

[SunkenCiv]

[Dad was my hero]

whale oil beef hooked!

[HereInTheHeartland]

The whales have all cast ballots for Dem politicians since Lincoln’s time

[dfwgator]

The whales have all cast ballots for Dem politicians since Lincoln’s time

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Leave Rosie O’Donnell out of this!

[Does so]

Japanese firms sell whale oil as a lubricant for auto-racing purposes.

[Texan5]

Wow-since whales in general appear to like humans, it might be a good idea to have some marine biologists get friendly with some whales-swim/hang out with them-collect some DNA, watch their habits, feed them treats, etc to learn what they are doing right to live so long and healthy. That would be some great research to do...

I don’t really think it is a good idea for anyone to be killing/eating an animal that lives so long-it almost made them extinct once already. Those Inupiak who are “still allowed to hunt for survival” are NOT doing it to survive-they hunt game with guns, cook and eat it just like the rest of us do most of the time-it is just a custom and no doubt a way to make extra money-they probably sell whale meat/oil/, etc to tourists as something to take photos of, eat, etc. Alaska is a big, beautiful place with lots of animal species-let them find some less-endangered animal to carve up as a custom and for tourist $$$$$...

[FLT-bird]

Just think how harmful offshore windmills are to them. Just say yes to drilling and no to offshore windmills.