PCBs remain the highest chemical contaminant in the whales'
blubber, and are known to disrupt the whales' reproductive, endocrine, thyroid and immune systems, harm their brains and trigger cancer.
Chemical threat to killer whales
By Friday, a crew of about 10 volunteers had removed most of the
blubber, which was the relatively easy part of the job, Stevenson said.
Massive whale's skeleton harvested
To examine variability of
blubber thickness in belugas, I measured
blubber depths along five half-girth widths and from 15 other body locations selected on the basis of previously published
blubber thickness measurements from belugas in Hudson Bay and the body locations where emaciated harbour porpoises (.Phocoena phocoena) lost the most
blubber (Doidge, 1990; Koopman et al., 2002).
Examining the health and energetic impacts of climate-induced prey shifts on beluga whales using community-based research
"They would then tow it back to the ship, which could take hours or even days, and gradually they would remove the baleen and strip off the
blubber.
Whaling was filthy work..you'd be covered in blood, blubber, oil and grease. But it kept our city afloat; PICTURE SPECIAL WHALERS SHARED THEIR EXPERTISE WITH WORLD'S GREATEST EXPLORERS Dundee's forgotten history is revealed in new book
It seems most of us frolicking in the water, with
blubber or without, remain safe.
How Likely Is A Shark Attack?
Ask a Research Question: What role does
blubber play in helping polar animals survive?
Keeping warm: which material offers better protection from the cold-blubber or cotton?
HThis week I found myself forced to look up the word
blubber and have decided to share my findings with you.
BEVAN ON THE BOX BOX with Nathan Bevan
The authors used immunochemistry to analyze CYP1A1 expression in skin and
blubber samples collected from 234 sperm whales from five Pacific Ocean regions.
A whale tale: using blubber biopsies to characterize Pacific Ocean pollutant trends
The group of harbour seals at Tynemouth's Blue Reef Aquarium have been put on double rations to help build up their
blubber to cope with the wintry weather.
SEALS ARE MAKING A REAL MEAL OF WINTER
Stomach and intestine contents, teeth, skin and
blubber samples were taken and preserved.
Nuevo registro de un cachalote (Physeter macrocephalus) varado y una revision de varamientos en las costas de Argentina continental
She'll moan about her weight in the Press, have the
blubber sucked out in surgery, reveal her new body in a mag deal...
It's Kerry Fat-ona.. THE HOTTEST STORIES ..THE HOTTEST CELEBS
Naturally this is an American discovery, the Americans having the largest reserves of
blubber on the planet.
Living off the fat of the land; full chat
Why would I choose to spend my years graduate school up to my elbows in foul-smelling whale
blubber? To explore how some of the most notorious man-made pollutants reach dangerous concentrations in large predators, even when concentrations of these pollutants in seawater are low and considered "safe."
How does nature deal with persistent pollutants? Certain chemicals, both man-made and natural, 'biomagnify' up the food chain
I was certainly no hero and continued to
blubber away.
Hole: Kidnapped in Georgia; Morning Serial
Dear EarthTalk: It is true that the carcasses of whales that wash up on shore are considered dangerous to humans because of the amount of toxins and chemicals in their
blubber? --Michael O'Loughlin, Tigard, OR
Dear EarthTalk: it is true that the carcasses of whales that wash up on shore are considered dangerous to humans because of the amount of toxins and chemicals in their blubber?