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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm currently reading Moby Dick and that book goes over the entire process of harvesting a whale. Even then they started it wasn't necessarily profitable but the versatility of the whale s resources were went they are harvested. I also heard the meat sucks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

no it was very profitable parts of the whale were worth their weight in gold and the oil was worth a lot as well