Types of Whales
Whaling vocabulary
Saving Whales
Other opinions
Whale hunting and processing
100

the largest, heaviest and loudest animal that has ever lived on Earth.

What is a blue whale?
100
A spear like object used for whale hunting.
What is a harpoon?
100
Group, whose logo is a modified pirate flag, who try to stop whaling.
What is Sea Shepherd?
100
Cold country famous for eating puffins which still wants to hunt whales
What is Iceland?
100
the stretch of water traveled by whales on their annual migrations where we now count rather than hunt whales
Cook Strait
200

These small whales were hunted extensively by whalers during the 1970’s and 1980’s with hundreds still being killed today by the Japanese under the guise of scientific research in the Southern Oceans.

What is a Minke whale?
200

the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made

What is blubber?
200
The term for a limit on the number of something that can be caught in a specific period of time
What is a quota?
200
A country that has been hunting whales for 10000 years.
What is Japan?
200
the waxy oil produced in the head of a sperm whale
What is spermaceti?
300

named after the oil (wax) that they produce in their head these whales were prized as that oil was used to make smokeless candles during the 19th century.

What are sperm whales?
300

a large ocean-going vessel with extensive on-board facilities for processing and freezing caught whales.

What is a factory ship?
300
Word used to describe an area of the ocean where whales cannot be hunted.
What is a (whale) sanctuary?
300
Two disastrous events in 1945 caused Japan to turn to whale meat as a way of feeding their population.
What are the dropping of the atomic bombs and the end of WW2?
300
The name of the family who ran a whaling station in the Marlborough Sounds from 1911-1964
Who are the Perano family?
400

A species of baleen whale that migrates from the Antarctic to the tropics to mate and give birth in winter. These whales tend to feed within 50m of the water's surface, taking krill and shoaling fish.

What is a humpback whale?
400
the te reo Maori word for whales
What is tohora?
400
Word for a complete ban on hunting whales.
What is a moratorium?
400
Name of the indigenous people of the Arctic who still eat whales as part of their traditional life style.
Who are the Inuit?
400
A flexible product taken from the whales mouth and used to provide structure to female lingerie and corsets
What is baleen?
500

This whales slow speed and the fact that its body is so rich in oil that it floats (even when dead). With them being an easy catch this whale suffered most of all from the centuries of slaughter.

What is the Southern Right Whale?
500

 a term used by Nantucket whalers to describe what occurs immediately following the harpooning of a whale. The whale, distressed by the harpoon, attempts to flee and thus drags the whalers' longboat along with it.

What is the Nantucket Sleigh Ride?
500
Full name for the IWC and organisation which tries to make rules to protect whales
What is the International Whaling Commission?
500
The reason Japan says it is killing whales
What is scientific research?
500

the year when whaling became illegal in NZ

What is 1978?
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