blubber

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A more definitive answer, however, will have to wait until he receives results from blood, blubber and tissue samples collected from the whale.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 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

The giant mammals build up chemical clues about their environment in their blubber - clues that Natalia plans to collect.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 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

Occasionally, a gust of wind swooped down through the vent and forced a cloud of choking blubber smoke into the cramped space, driving the men outside to gasp for air.

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