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**Yes well i might have 2 pictures but i am researching!! i was absent so im a day behind.** Absent or not, you can work on this at home. Keep going. Remember what we talked about yesterday! -Mrs. Poole
 * I am the captain of this ship!** Well, Matt, you may be captain of this ship, but your wiki is lacking information! Where are your research questions? Where are your detailed answers? URLs of websites with useful information? Get busy, Matt! The next time i check this...there had better be something more than two pictures! Mrs. McKee.

Regardless, i have alot more on the page now and im still searching. i should be able to get everything i need today. A giant squid attacking a sperm whale whaling ship from long ago.

I learned that in modern whaling, The harpoon is still the main weapon of choice. However it is now shot from a harpoon gun and not thrown.



Even deadlier than before, this harpoon is fired at greater speeds, accuracy, and range. Also some harpoons today have exploding tips. So, the harpoon is launched and hits the whale it then explodes and they real in he

harpoon. They then attach a new tip and ready it, if they need to.

(The following text is from a website and by no means from me. i put it on the page incase the link i provided at te bottom does not work.)

"The harpoon used for killing and catching baleen whales was (is) a formidable and heavy weapon. The harpoon itself is re-useable and consists of a long shaft that fits in the barrel that ends in four large hinged barbs. In front of the barbs is a large threaded boss onto which screws the (in this case) pointed and explosive harpoon head. After use, the harpoon is recovered, straightened out and re-used with a new explosive head being fixed to the front. The shaft is not solid but has an open groove running it's whole length, a rope is fixed into this groove, when the harpoon is in the gun, the rope is slid to the front and here is seen hanging down ready for firing. The barbs of the harpoon are held back by wires which break when the harpoon has hit its target and the explosive charge detonates. The harpoon itself is about 6 feet long (1.8m) and weighs 120lbs (54.5kg), it is made of high quality steel. The gun has a bore of 3in (76mm) and uses a charge of around 14oz (390g) of gunpowder. The gun itself is quite a crude instrument, it can be swivelled easily by the gunner and tilted up and down, the sight is the long metal rod seen on top. The real key to the effective use of this gun is the gunners skill and experience. Gunners were the top rank of all whale men, they were treated with the greatest respect and easily earned far more than any other rank in a whaling fleet. If a gunner didn't do his job properly, then the whole enterprise was a failure, if he did do his job properly it would mean success and riches for all, the majority of a gunners considerable pay was linked to how many whales he could catch."

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The sperm Whale Was the most hunted whale back in the day. however that has now changed and Japan hunts a variety of whales.

"Right whales, Humpback whales, Fin, Minke and Gray whales were primarily hunted"

"Once ashore, the whale was quickly flensed and divided into its separate parts for various warehouses and further processing. Although the primary use for whales was meat, the entire whale was utilized in a variety of products including lamp oil, soaps, fertilizer, folding fans ([|baleen]), and more. This method of whaling required a significant financial investment from rich individuals to compensate for the sizable labor force. However, whaling remained entwined with ritual and unlike their contemporary European counterparts the early Japanese coastal whalers considered whales a valuable resource and did not over-exploit local stocks".[|[]