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Harpoon
Kaylah Ward
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∙ 14y agoThe spear used in hunting whales is called a harpoon
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∙ 14y agoHarpoons? They're these big stabbing things (Like knives) and they have a handle and you can shoot the sharp thing out and it'sconnected by a rope.
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∙ 15y agoHarpoon
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∙ 10y agoa harpoon
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∙ 9y agoHarpoon.
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a spear used in hunting whales?
HarpoonA harpoon
What was the purpose of a harpoon?
A harpoon is a large spear with a line attached to it (usually) it is used to spear large sea animals when hunting them- seal, walrus, and whales.
What is the single word for barbed spear for shooting whales?
A harpoon was often used to spear whales.
What is the name of the spear used to catch whales?
A harpoon is a spear used for hunting and killing whales. Often with a line (rope or wire) attached to the barbed harpoon, when stuck into the whale flotation devices attached to the line tires the animal when it tries to swim or dive so that it can be killed.
What is a spear used for killing whales called?
Harpoon
What was a Iroquois spear used for besides hunting?
They also used it for fishing
What is Woomera used for?
A woomera is a spear-thrower. It was used by the Indigenous Australians to improve the speed and accuracy when they threw a hunting spear.
What was the atl-atl used for?
an atl-atl was used for hunting. it is the sharp part of the spear.
How do you use a harpoon?
they would use it to spear whales and seals when hunting .then when they ran out of food but couldn't get any they would go to war with they harpoon as they weapon.
What object did the aborigines use for hunting?
Aborigines used spears for hunting, and they used a woomera, which was a spear-thrower. The woomera enabled the hunter to throw the spear much further than by using his arm-strength alone.
What is a roman spear used for?
fighting in battle hunting and other things like that
Why are they hunting the whales now?
they are hunting whales right now for their blabber (fat).
