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Sperm whale — Sperm Whale[1] Size compared to an average human … Wikipedia
whaling — /hway ling, way /, n. the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing. [1680 90; WHALE1 + ING1] * * * Hunting of whales for food, oil, or both. Whaling dates to prehistoric times, when Arctic peoples used stone tools to hunt … Universalium
Whaling — Eighteenth century engraving showing Dutch whalers hunting bowhead whales in the Arctic … Wikipedia
Whaling in Western Australia — was one of the first viable industries established in the Swan River Colony following the arrival of British settlers in 1829. The industry had numerous ups and downs until the last whaling station closed in Albany in 1978.There are two main… … Wikipedia
Whaling in Australia — took place from colonisation in 1788. In 1979 Australia terminated whaling and committed to whale protection. The main varieties hunted were Humpback, Blue, Right and Sperm Whales.cite journal | last = Suter | first = Keith D. | year = 1982 |… … Wikipedia
Sperm Whale — Taxobox name = Sperm WhaleMSW3 Cetacea | id=14300131 ] status = VU status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [IUCN2008|assessors=Taylor, B.L., Baird, R., Barlow, J., Dawson, S.M., Ford, J., Mead, J.G., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Wade, P. Pitman,… … Wikipedia
Whaling in America — The origins of whaling in America date to the the 17th century in New England and peaked in 1846 52. New Bedford, Massachusetts, sent out its last whaler, the John R. Mantra , in 1927.HistoryThe towns of Long Island are believed to have been the… … Wikipedia
Whaling in Iceland — Iceland has a long tradition of subsistence whaling; spear drift whaling was practised from the 12th century or earlier and continued in a relic form until the late 19th century. The early reliance on whales is reflected in the Icelandic language … Wikipedia
Sperm whale family — Taxobox name = Sperm whales fossil range = Oligocene to Recent image caption = Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Cetacea subordo = Odontoceti subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
History of whaling — The history of whaling is very extensive, stretching back for millennia. This article discusses the history of whaling up to the commencement of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986. Prehistoric to… … Wikipedia
