blubber

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A more definitive answer, however, will have to wait until he receives results from blood, blubber and tissue samples collected from the whale.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

The daughter of a disgraced house, Valya isn’t content to accept her family’s banishment to a life peddling whale fur and blubber.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024

The giant mammals build up chemical clues about their environment in their blubber - clues that Natalia plans to collect.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2024

They swim slowly and near shore, have thick blubber and float when killed, according to Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

Through the remainder of the day and night, they slept and ate, keeping the fire going in the stove with the blubber from four more seals they slaughtered on the beach.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong