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showMEthatBholePLZ t1_iyr74yj wrote

Reply to comment by eliteLord77 in Narwhals are vulnerable to ocean noise caused by human activities by marketrent

Was it really that exploited 100 years ago? Genuinely asking as I thought the industrial revolution was when humanity started destroying the planet.

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Veasna1 t1_iyra1yb wrote

Whales were for lampoil. But other than that, not sure.

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DHF_Bassist t1_iyrit8n wrote

Whales were used for other things such as corsets (ribbing from baleen), tools (spoons for caviar), jewlery, soaps, food and perfumes among other things. Absolutely tragic.

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eliteLord77 t1_iyreqj1 wrote

do some research into historical fish stocks. the seas were seething with fish and whales.

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