why do people hunt blue whales?

People who hunt blue whales are generally evil. Blue whales are so gentle creatures.

It is estimated that there are about 10,000-14,000 blue whales world-wide. Blue whales are an endangered species. These whales (and many other large whales) were over-hunted for many years, since their meat, oil, and other body parts are very valuable. Since whale hunting has decreased in the last few decades, their populations are starting to recover.

Here i will give you some info why do people hunt whales.

What were the whales used for?

The chief whale products that were used were whale oil derived from the melted down blubber (a thick layer of fat beneath the skin that helps to insulate the whale from the icy seas) and "whale bone" not bone at all but made from keratin, the same protein that makes skin, nails, hair, hoofs and claws. Baleen comes from the large plates that many whales use to filter small food organisms from the sea.

Uses of whale oil

The uses of whale products changed as time progressed. In the heyday of Yankee whaling from around 1860 to 1890, sperm whales in particular and then right whales were the most sought after. The sperm whale supplied spermaceti, an oily, waxy substance in great quantity and the right whale also supplied large amounts of whale bone. The right gave plenty of blubber too, but the sperm whale less so.

Towards the end of the 1800's, mineral oils from underground deposits and gas started to be used for lighting and so whale oil was no longer needed for these purposes, as a consequence the taking of sperm whales declined in favour of other species. There was still a great demand for whale oil that came from the blubber, but now in the main, this was used for making the finest soaps and also for the manufacture of margarine.

Oil for lighting: Sperm whale oil burned slowly, without an offensive odor. It was considered one of the finest oils for illumination used in an oil lamp. Spermaceti was used to make the finest quality clean and odorless candles.

For lubricating: Whale-oil was processed into fine lubricating oils for industries such as clock making. The oil of the blackfish, a small, toothed whale, was prized for lubricating delicate machinery, such as chronometers on whale ships. The oil remained fluid even at very cold temperatures.

Other uses: Although it was most prized for lighting and lubricating, whale oil was also used to manufacture soaps, varnish, cosmetics ("imparts a rich glossy sheen"), paint, glaze (on photographs), to process textiles and rope and burnt to provide heat.

Whale bone - Baleen

Baleen was used in a variety of nineteenth-century products. Buggy whips, Carriage springs, Corset stays, Fishing rods, Hoops for women's skirts, Umbrella ribs and many other applications where nowadays plastic or steel would be used.

If baleen was not carefully cleaned as soon as removed from the whale's jaw, it developed an unpleasant smell that lowered its value.

Sperm whale oil and ambergris

Special mention has to made to Sperm whales that provided some of the most prized and expensive whale products from the enormous "spermaceti" organ in the head from where the sperm whale gets its name. They also provided a substance from their stomachs called ambergris.

Sperm whale oil derived from the spermaceti organ was considered the finest lubricating oil on Earth.

It is transparent, amber or straw colored and liquid at the whales' normal body temperature, it and hardens into a white wax at normal air temperature.

This very fine oil that was used to lubricate fine machinery and the wax to produce special smokeless, odorless candles, that sold at about six times the price of a tallow candle. The wax was also used in the cosmetic industry, especially in the finest face and hand creams, since it was smoother than its nearest competitor, lanolin.

Sperm whale oil was used as watch oil selling at $5.00 per ounce in 1957!

Second quality oil was recovered from the thick blubber. More oil was obtained from the blubber than from the spermaceti organ in the massive head. The blubber can be as much as 18 inches thick on the shoulder and back, more than the width between your shoulders.

Ambergris

This is a dark, waxy substance produced in the digestive tract of sperm whales. It is produced from the action of the stomach secretions on the hard "beaks" of the squid that sperm whales mainly feed on.

It has been valued since ancient times. It might be vomited by a sperm whale during its death flurry, regurgitated (like a hairball), evacuated through the bowel or discovered when the carcass was processed. It also has been found floating at sea or washed up on a beach, with no whales in sight.

Ambergris (from the French amber gris, "grey amber") has been used in cosmetics, in love potions and wine, and as a headache remedy. In recent times it was used to enhance and lengthen the life of expensive perfumes. It frequently sold on the waterfront for $100 a pound.

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Why Were Whales Hunted

people hunt blue whale for get blue whale's oil that contain in their body fat and flesh was used to make meal.

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blue whales are hunted for their bones and make it into perfume

Because they can make warm coats for themselves but the thing is these animals live in cold places what stupid people eh?

there are several different things, not now but back in the day they used the oil in the fat for there lanterns.