When I lived in Barrow, Alaska a very old whale was hunted one spring. When finally drawn to show by most of the town and a big ol caterpillar tractor, it was estimated to weigh 40 tons. The blubber was very tough and took much longer than usual to boil. The scientists were given a hunk when the villagers cut into it and found something hard. The hard bit turned out to be a hand made stone spear point. Much congecture then about how old the whale actually was. R
When I lived in Barrow, Alaska a very old whale was hunted one spring. When finally drawn to show by most of the town and a big ol caterpillar tractor, it was estimated to weigh 40 tons. The blubber was very tough and took much longer than usual to boil. The scientists were given a hunk when the villagers cut into it and found something hard. The hard bit turned out to be a hand made stone spear point. Much congecture then about how old the whale actually was. R
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