• @jcit878@lemmy.world
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      11 year ago

      whales have something in their brain cavity that was considered valuable at the time, can’t remember what it was called or what it was used for but I think that was the equivilant thing they were going for in Avatar

      • Roboticide
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        11 year ago

        Whales have been used for a number of resources in the past.

        Oil from blubber was a big one, and used in everything from lamps to soap.

        Ambergris was a perfume base.

        Spermaceti, the substance in the head of sperm whales, was used for candles and also lamps, as it was a higher quality.