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Great start to your wiki. What other questions do you have?

How many whales are killde each year? []
 * 1,400 whales are killed every year
 * 25,000 whales have been killed for commercial purposes since 1986
 * 7 of the 13 species of great whales are still endangered

What are whales killed for?

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 * Whales are killed mainly for their meat, it is considered a delicacy in several countries including Japan. It is either served raw or they are seasoned and grilled like normal beefsteaks.
 * Whales are also killed for their blubber, or fat. It is cooked down into oil and is used as lamp oil, it is also used in soap, makeup, and candles.
 * Whale bones are also used. They are grinded down and made into glue or fertalizer, they are also carved into special tools.
 * Ambergris, or digestive tract fluid from whales stomach is very [[image:http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/files/images/migrated/MultimediaFiles/Live/Image/8024.jpg width="288" height="190" align="right"]]expensive. It also has an earthy, almost sweet smell. Which is used to make perfumes and colognes.

What types of whales are killed?

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 * Each year Japan kills 440 minkes from the Antarctic plus 100 northern minkes, 50 Bryde's whales and 10 sperm whales from the North Pacific. A total of 600 whales

How many different types of whales are there? __ [] __
 * Thirteen species are generally considered as "great whales". They are: Blue, Fin Sei Bryde's, Northern Minke, Antarctic Minke Humpback, gray Southern Right, North Atlantic Right, North Pacific Right Bowhead, Sperm.

When was whaling made illegal? []
 * In 1986, commercial whaling was banned altogether by the International Whaling Commission.

How is Japan still hunting whales? []
 * Japanese hunt legally by obtaining research permits. There is, however, abuse of these permits, as they are used as a pretense to hunt commercially.

Jon...This is Mrs. McKee. I was looking over your wiki. You have good pictures and information, but what were your research questions? Make sure you keep track of your questions and, if you're a good researcher, your answers should lead to more questions! Remember, you have to write a two-page paper that explains your questions and answers next week.

Jon Murphy (20) Introduction Mrs. McKee / Mrs. Poole P.3 (40) Body English 11, 4.0 (20) Conclusion 11 December 2009 (20) Research The Purpose of Killing Whales My original question was “What are whales hunted for? It fascinated me when I found out how many things whales are used for. This led me to ask other questions about whales. These questions include “How many whales are killed each year?” “What types of whales are killed?” “When and why whaling was made illegal?” and finally “How is Japan still hunting whales?” I tried to figure out what exactly whales are used for; I found this interesting because I wanted to know exactly why Japan continues to kill whales. My first question was “What are whales hunted for?” Whales are hunted for food, bones, and their oil. They are mainly hunted for their meat, which is cooked or grilled like normal beefsteaks. The meat is a very good meat in Japan. Their bones, blubber, and their ambergris or stomach acids are all also used. The bones are grinded down and made into glue or fertilizer, they are also carved into special tools. The blubber, or fat, is cooked down into oils and is used as lamp oil, it is also used in soap, makeup, and candles. Finally the stomach acid or ambergris used from a whale’s stomach is very expensive. It also has an earthy, almost sweet smell. It is used to make perfumes and colognes. My second question was “How many whales are killed each year?” I found out that each year there are 1,400 whales killed throughout the world. This led me to my third question. “What types of whales are killed?” Japan kills a total of 600 whales each year. They kill 440 minkes from the Antarctic plus 100 northern minkes, 50 Bryde's whales and 10 sperm whales from the North Pacific. Of the 13 species of great whales, 7 of them endangered. This led me to think of my fourth question. “When and why was whaling made illegal?” In 1986 the I.W.C or the International Whaling Commission banned commercial whaling altogether and made any killing of whales without a permit illegal. Although there are laws about whaling Japan still continues to hunt whales and it’s a big problem. So this caused me to ask my fifth question, which is “How is Japan still hunting whales?” Japan continues to hunt whales and use them for their resources. They can do this because [] Japan says that they are killing whales for research but they are really killing them for their resources.