A Whaka Weight
The weight of the Greenland or right whale is 100 tons, or 230,000 pounds, equal to that of 88 elephants or 440 bears. The whalebone in such a whale may be taken 3360 pounds, and the oil ,at from 140 to 170 barrels. The remains of the fossil whale which have been found on the coast of Vstail, in the Baltic, and even far inland in Wangapanse, Westergothland. betoken a whale which, although not more than 50 or 60 feet in length must at least have had a body 27 times larger and heavier than of the common or right
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Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 20 August 1915, Page 2
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103A Whaka Weight Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 20 August 1915, Page 2
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