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Many countries kill whales, the most well known is Japan and Russia. They hunt them by taking many large ships into the sea. They have a harpoon gun on the ship. The harpoon the use now is called a grenade harpoon. This harpoon is about 8 inches wide and 12 inches deep. When they shoot the harpoon it explodes in the whale causing severe and deadly wounds to the whale. This kill the whale instantly and therefor the whale doesn't suffer. They pull the dead whale up onto the ship where they measure it up and weigh it. When they get back to port they cut they whale up.

They use the whale for food, a full size whale could feed a village easily. Also, they use the whale for oil. The blubber from the whale has a oil in it, they use this oil for candle wax and oil lamps. In the 1700's and 1800's whale oil was big because it was founded before coal, petroleum and many other natural gases. The whale blubber would heat up lamps and the candle wax. Then, there is the research part of the whale hunting. Some countries hunt few whales for research, they kill the whales and then study what they have a question about it.