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> thought maybe hunted down in Norway Are you sure? I don't know much about orcas but that's a very long way to track the same whales. The Wikipedia article [1
by vintagedave 3y ago
> thought maybe hunted down in Norway
Are you sure? I don't know much about orcas but that's a very long way to track the same whales. The Wikipedia article [1] states Norwegian whalers a little further north in Jervis Bay, still in Australian waters.
I fully agree, whaling is a very sad history. As a kid, I occasionally saw "whale pots", big iron cauldrons used for boiling down blubber (I suppose.) I thought they were really cool. I don't think so any more.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tom_(orca)#Death_and_the_end_of_whaling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tom_(orca)#Death_and_the_e...
- mustacheemperor 3y agoAha, I misread “Norwegian” to be in Norway, not Norwegians whaling in Australia. Certainly makes a lot more sense geographically, I was thinking that seemed like a long way to swim.