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People hunt whales for meat, oil, whalebone and ambergris, and for scientific research. Whale oil is used as a lubricant and as a component of soaps and cosmetics (and was formerly used for margarine and as fuel for lamps). Ambergris is used as a fixative in perfume production. Whale hunting is a way unwealthy people make money illegaly in places like Iceland, Japan, etc.
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∙ 14y agoPeople whale hunt because they have oil etc and this is used to make soaps and cosmetics
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Why do Korean people hate whales?
Korean people do not hate and hunt whales. It is the japanese who kills whales for food. The chinese are reported to hunt whales on certain occasions.
Where do people hunt for whales?
Antarctica
What do the people of the Faroes hunt?
Probably whales.
When do people hunt whales?
For the bone of the whale
How humpback whales hunt?
the humpback whales get hunt by people so they can usle there body as meat and there fins abd tails for soup.
What people hunt whales?
whale hunters(asians)
How do people hunt whales?
Because of their oily blubber.
What is off shore whaling?
it is when whalers ( or people that hunt whales) go out to sea and hunt.
What do people who hunt whales need them for?
Personally I think hunting whales is stupid. They are a very important animal to our environment, but they hunt them for food and their blubbery skin.
Where do people hunt whales?
Nearly everywhere in the world's oceans.
What native people hunt caribou seals and whales?
inuits
What is the main reason people hunt whales?
for clothes and food
