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
Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024
On the business end, there is a 3cm metal tip that plucks a piece of skin and blubber from the whale’s body.
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
He said the scent came from dissecting sharks and whales, from cutting away layers of blubber and plunging her hands inside the cavities of marine creatures that were twenty times her size.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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