blubber

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Dolphins continue to be poached for their flesh and blubber, from which oil is extracted to use as fishing bait.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

The daughter of a disgraced house, Valya isn’t content to accept her family’s banishment to a life peddling whale fur and blubber.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024

They swim slowly and near shore, have thick blubber and float when killed, according to Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

These currently unmonitored chemicals were also present in the blubber of dolphin carcasses that had washed ashore, as well as in the sediment collected near the known dumping area.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024

“Crowded round the little stove with its smoky flickery blubber flames we looked like hobgoblins,” Macklin wrote.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong