19th-Century Weapon found in Whale

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  1. BrewCityBuck

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070612/ap_on_...ntury_old_whale<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>BOSTON - A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt ? more than a century ago.ADVERTISEMENTEmbedded deep under its blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale's age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.</div> Wow, it's amazing that whales can live that long....
     
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    Jeeze eh.
     
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    Wow, I had no idea that whales lived that long. That's incredible.
     
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    Thats so cool. I wonder how people back then woould be able to kill whales using just an arrow. It seems whales can withstand things like that, just like this whale.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (coyn3burglar @ Jun 15 2007, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Thats so cool. I wonder how people back then woould be able to kill whales using just an arrow. It seems whales can withstand things like that, just like this whale.</div>They didnt use arrows, they used 50+ pound Harpoons and even then alot of times they got away.
     

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