What was their problem?
Why did they even do this?
Whaling
Brody Torres
Other urls found in this thread:
Ethan Bailey
Because fuck whales desu
Gavin Long
Money
Aaron Bennett
ancient american tradition
Jaxson Thomas
Getting some 'Dick'?
Checks out
Leo Cook
>Why did they even do this?
>ancient american tradition
It all comes back to oil in the end and the Americans innate desire to go after it.
Ryder Sanders
>What was their problem?
Not enough whales.
>Why did they even do this?
*Dense bone and teeth for product manufacture
*Baleen plates are basically sheets of plastic
*Literal tons of tasty meat
*Fat for all sorts of culinary and industrial applications
*Lamp oil/engine fuel with a little smoke, high temp and long shelf stability
*Various uses for organs and biproducts
*Ambergris
Joseph Hernandez
Pretty much this.
As much as I despise whaling, it's easy to see why an industry could be built around it in seafaring societies, especially when you don't give a fuck about animals
Logan Howard
This. Money is the only thing people want in the world.
Ryder James
What about sex?