NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoIceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1845arrow-down119
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minus-squareRoboticide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWhales have been used for a number of resources in the past. Oil from blubber was a big one, and used in everything from lamps to soap. Ambergris was a perfume base. Spermaceti, the substance in the head of sperm whales, was used for candles and also lamps, as it was a higher quality.
Whales have been used for a number of resources in the past.
Oil from blubber was a big one, and used in everything from lamps to soap.
Ambergris was a perfume base.
Spermaceti, the substance in the head of sperm whales, was used for candles and also lamps, as it was a higher quality.