Whaling (1940-1949)

[@joewiniecki3282]

Love how he’s wrapping the rope around the kitten 😂

[@hweiktomeyto]

​@KrowsnoseYup and cats can also predict the weather thanks to whiskers or something.

[@smudgey1kenobey]

Did I see the cat fly overboard when they shot the harpoon? Meeooooow!

[@RiggyRonnie]

I bet some of that oil is still around today, in a basement somewhere

[@dad4life269]

Definitely

[@jfromstate8581]

Government basements

[@knowledgehunter8919]

When I was a little kid I would have to say maybe five or six I can’t remember. I found a huge glass jug of yellow liquid in my grandmothers garage one time. I asked her what it was and she said it’s whale oil don’t play with that. Now I’m 29 I’m willing to bet that there’s some old folks out there who still have old jugs of whale oil somewhere.

[@ChintanPandya01]

Check the "professor's closet whale oil" on KZbin

[@macflod]

@@knowledgehunter8919 so it waS in the late 90s? It must have been old even then. Where was this? Which country you grandma was in?

[@ChaosPhotonWilhelm]

1:10 I like how he pet the cat before he goes up to the top

[@Joeyjoeyjoey420]

One last feeling of joy before risking his life just to spot a whale haha who knows how unstable that ladder was

[@JonGreen91]

But I’m curious about whaling in the 1500s.

[@kkrb1212]

Same 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

[@cade1177]

Essentially they went on small dingys and threw spears. It was extremely dangerous, then large sailing ships would pull the carcass along to port.

[@shakeandbaked1]

I’m curious about whaling in the 1800s.

[@joecorrero6763]

The video quality isn’t that good

[@susheelkumar21]

Hiw about 1000

[@aarongarcia1101]

I have a full bottle of whale oil, not sure how old it is but its perfectly clear in an old pint sized brown bottle, doesn't have any smell, not sure what is was ever used for but its an interesting keepsake none the less.

[@varun009]

Smokeless candles and soap were among the biggest uses initially. Later, they were used in industry to grease machines.

[@ValCronin]

Also used to create pharmaceuticals...probably paints...anything any oil is used for today.

[@jeffhidalgo8457]

It is used in watch making.

[@aarongarcia1101]

@@jeffhidalgo8457 No kidding?? Thank you, I never knew this. Another lost trade, watchmaking lol!

[@gloobark]

kinda surprised that sharks and other fish don't bite it to shreds before they get it back to shore

[@teddycooke8145]

Sharks act much different than many people expect. When something is bigger than them or even many humans they don't really go when it is moving or catch it off gaurd

[@reynaldoflores4522]

It's really killer whales the crew have to watch out for.

[@louiscypher4186]

When whaling was done on sailing ships it was a problem. As the whales were processed on board and ships were quite slow with voyages last months and even years. But by the time of this documentary they were using steamships, much to fast and efficient to attract sharks.

[@adarshagnihotri2499]

some animals are so majestic and innocent. while some are pure evil

[@sipioc]

Damn whales

[@dstevenson100]

White peoples

[@tuftyterror983]

Amazing comment

[@perikbagra4809]

Don't bunch us up with white peoples! They're terrifyingly cruel when needed to be.

[@ColumbusVI]

Poor whales, but this was quite an interesting profession.

[@anzac407]

Cute kitten

[@miamitten1123]

Petrol ⛽️ industry indirectly saved the whales from extinction.

[@alexman8800]

So whale is "greener" than petrol then.

[@deepfriedsalte]

gotta love how he pets the cat

[@ropeaccessinspection9472]

Been to that exact station very recently.

[@Homieman-nz6si]

really? whats it like there?

[@robinaboy]

Kids, if you think this is horrific and barbaric, thank fossil fuels for ending it.

[@TheSMR1969]

🤡 you do realise the oil was used to lubricate machines powered by fossil fuels lmao

[@robinaboy]

@@TheSMR1969 and then it wasn’t when fossil fuel lubricants became a thing in the 1870s….your point is invalid. 🤡

[@britt210]

fossil fuels need more oil kids! lol

[@ValCronin]

Fossil fuels arent made of fossils. That is a myth

[@Aff_que_cringe]

I dont think this barbaric I just think whales might could disappear

[@Crisis_Jones]

Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand blubber-hunters sweep over thee in vain

[@operator0017]

Dose anyone know how long was whaling the primary source of oil?

[@RathOne123]

1903 said by Jimmy Carr on Joe Rogan podcast

[@vodkalatke]

Whaling peaked in 1850, after that kerosene replaced whale oil. Then in 1880s, petroleum/fossil fuels became used.

[@ruttolomeo1987]

As shameful and tragic as this long chapter of human evolution was, this video remains an important testimony of something we couldn’t possibly film today

[@benpamer6574]

Not s single thing shameful about human survival. We did awful things because it was necessary.

[@mkakajoel5281]

@@benpamer6574 exactly. Easy for him to “have” higher moral ground since he has access to electricity, gasoline, natural gas and other form of energy that didn’t exist then

[@RiggyRonnie]

Human evolution?? My grandpa was alive then 👴, more like stage of innovation

[@jakeusaf9401]

We didn't evolve from monkeys. God created us.

[@jakeusaf9401]

@@benpamer6574 like what?

[@michaelgodbee5361]

Other than lamps what was whale oil used for

[@thedigihellhole]

Automatic transmission fluid, oddly enough

[@hansgunnoo5159]

Margarine, beauty products, candle wax and much more

[@joewiniecki3282]

Basically any and all products that were oil based, before humans discovered crude oil

[@Quarequieus]

​@@joewiniecki3282But this video was taken long after crude oil was discovered.

[@dreynos8878]

Should we gather for whiskey and cigars tonight?

[@brunobehnken]

Sure thing!

[@JustJohn505]

Pretty interesting stuff

[@definitelynotafish2162]

Damm almost drove your mom to extinction

[@nicholasalexander4743]

Mugged! If only the Genetic Engineers could produce modified whales, that could breed like rabbits...

[@Anthony-vc2fd]

Ey that’s a very Jurassic park idea.

[@DelilahBeard]

I'm not sure that Farm Raising whales would work in any capacity. Just cause of the cost to feed it alone would be crazy

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@DelilahBeard I was rather thinking of grazing them on Antarctic Krill, which are probably the most abundant animal species on the planet.

[@DelilahBeard]

@@tooleyheadbang4239 even being most abundant is it possible to get enough of it in 1 place to feed let's just say 10 whales for 5 years?

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@DelilahBeard During the inter-war period, the average number of whales taken in Antarctic waters was over 20,000 whales per year. These whales showed no sign of poor nutrition, so we can conclude that sufficient Krill was available for, at an absolute minimum, 20,000 whales on an annual basis. I don't think feeding the new, fast-breeding whales is going to be a problem.

[@meraz69]

I get to know this after watching, In the heart of the sea

[@knowledgehunter8919]

It was a dark and savage time.

[@leftifornian2066]

the good ol times

[@svenkrisenberg6684]

No, it was hunting

[@rafyqroslan582]

Wellerman shanty brought me here

[@다와우킴]

It's great video

[@creativesociety_allatra]

Top Great Hunt

[@Monsterknecht]

What's "top" about eradicating a species?

[@quackers584]

@@Monsterknecht sorry Karen

[@oldironsides4107]

We were all raised to hate the whale. Probably killed 100 minum when I was younger. Never ate or sold the whale. Just eradicating and wasting them.

[@MrJm323]

@@Monsterknecht ....Then why did you bring up "eradicating a species"? Hunters generally favor hunting quotas, stupid.

[@4747-u2r]

I like fishing and releasing but damn this was massive industrial way

[@andrewclarkson7767]

It's horrible but fascinating insight to an older world. Don't judge it with the morals of today

[@flukedust22]

This is so 😭

[@JonGreen91]

Meh, it’s an animal. As long as we’re not over hunting, it’s not that bad.

[@lauracraig6343]

Absolutely revolting no wonder the seas are getting fished out

[@tuftyterror983]

Well it’s a good thing this happened 100 years ago then isn’t it, I don’t know why people get so offended, it’s history

[@oscarosullivan4513]

@@tuftyterror983 Happened regularly until 1986 around the world

[@svenkrisenberg6684]

@@oscarosullivan4513 key word, "until"

[@shainedupuis2649]

The seas ARE NOT getting fished out🤦‍♂️

[@Get_OUT3665]

​@@shainedupuis2649do you have no idea of mass fishing?

[@Userhumai]

Killing the most beautiful creature is inhumane

[@johndogshot252]

Wonder if that cat was in the rope when he shot it

[@keno.M]

Since I went to bed at 21 it 3am and this seems very interesting all of a sudden

[@patrickdean4853]

The only thing wrong with the whaling industry was the taking of whales beyond natural replacement rates. Over harvest of nature is always foolish and must be guarded against by non partisan scientists. BTW-Whale oil brought light into homes in an age before electricity became widely available … it was a modern marvel at the time.

[@mitchkronowit3633]

Oil lamps existed long ago, but they didn’t burn as clean as whale oil. Then the Industrial Revolution required prodigious amounts of lubricant and whales unfortunately were hunted to provide it.

[@patrickdean4853]

@@Oderus.Urungus you seem to not be the brightest with respect to you remark… but keep trying.

[@patrickdean4853]

@@Oderus.Urungus ya, kinda are. People had no idea and were scrounging for survival until only recently. Get off your high horse … you would have happily killed a whale to survive 100 years ago. Otherwise, you are just blowing hot air. Gravitate towards reality and stop the pearl clutching.

[@cedric9370]

Anybody know if it is possible to get crew names for this vessel? The Steenberg?

[@rogue]

Why you gonna find them and cancel them lol

[@cedric9370]

@@rogue My uncle as well as grandfather were whalers at that station. Stop playing GTA, it clearly does you no good

[@kingarchnyc]

Whoever first thought of hunting them is either extremely hungry, ambitious or greedy…

[@HabeasJ]

They do look like hockey sticks

[@jakeusaf9401]

Theirs nothing wrong with whaling if you don't overhunt them.

[@kkrb1212]

I just don’t think they can be humanely killed. The harpoon and guns don’t kill then instantly. It’s a painful death and with that I don’t agree. If it’s could be done quickly like a cow, maybe. But I love whales so much. 😭

[@jakeusaf9401]

@@kkrb1212 ancient peoples used to hunt them but they used the carcass for everything. Silly humans nowadays want to over hunt everything.

[@MrJm323]

@@kkrb1212 "...a painful death and with that, I don't agree. ...I love these whales so much." Do you hate orcas? There is a video on here (shot by the Monterey Bay Whale watchers) showing a two hour long ordeal in which a pod of orcas repeatedly ram and chew up a grey whale and its calf. A horrific, drawn out death for mom and baby. I know, I know, it's nature when orcas do it. It's "inhumane" (what a strange term, regarding how it used) when humans fairly quickly dispatch a whale.

[@austins19982]

They are smart… have emotion’s similar to are’s…hell if not more then use

[@clevelandaeromotive]

Wrong. It’s pure scripted rhetoric that the explosive charge killed/kills the whale instantly. Most of the time it did/does not. Further, if the whale is with calf, the neonatal whale will starve to death over the course of the following weeks. Any cattle or swine slaughter house that did things like this on a regular basis would be shut down because of violations of inhumane slaughter regulations.

[@seanoxborough5830]

Lovely race we are,

[@Yesica1993]

Yes, we are! It's amazing how these whales were used for food and oil and everything else.

[@deanc685]

A steam powered 100 ton ship...they had guts.

[@siddhanthbhattacharyya4206]

Maybe they were listening to blood and thunder by mastodon

[@lindsayford8224]

Such a sad part of human insanity

[@catlanguage]

This was so immoral.

[@thehumancanary131]

Whale meat was standard fare for the Brits during WW2...

[@JanBanJoovi-ol1qv]

Imagine if fossil fuel wasn’t commercialized. These poor gentle beautiful creatures will be extinct in no time.

[@stinkymart3173]

Nassau girls ain't got no combs, Hooray, Santy Anno! T'ey combs t'eir hair with a kipper backbone Along t'e plains of Mexico!

[@bgvo4373]

How could they justify slaughtering whales?

[@christopherbrown1730]

The 40's must have been awful with everything in black and white.

[@yoloswag6242]

Queequeg not happy 😡

[@amgguy4319]

If they call it Whaling . . . Why cant we call it Peopling?

[@svenkrisenberg6684]

Ones against a different species and is done as ethically as physically possible, the other is legal murder that you are trying to justify with poor morals. Feel shame for yourself

[@stinkymart3173]

Soon may the Peoplemen come It's Jeffrey Dahmer and ol' Ted Bund'

[@madzen112]

Explosive tip and 12 hooks

[@smithbrain]

Thank GOD we don't do this anymore

[@pavelhajek007]

insane :(

[@johnnycasteel7]

Whales are overrated

[@johnsweeney8157]

Terrible those days, they even killed a blue whale as well the largest whale on the planet up to 100ft long.

[@lirioescuadra9672]

That oil are use in Perfume

[@FederalCurrencyy]

Its in certain Colognes too

[@bsellers711]

Ambergris is used in perfumes and colognes. It is not oil, it originates in the whales intestines. The oil was mostly used in oil burning lamps that were commonly used during that era.

[@bosnianantediluvian4067]

All whales on shelves 2022

[@realpolishslav2518]

If you think thats cruel, read about hunting for seals skin in 19 century..

[@clevelandaeromotive]

…and they cared not if the whale was with calf. Who would die from starvation over the course of the following weeks.

[@svenkrisenberg6684]

That's why they mentioned the boat coming back with a couple whales at a time

[@reynaldoflores4522]

The baby would probably stay with its mother's carcass, and so it would also be killed by the whalers.

[@South.Korean]

If you want to eat whale, visit Korea or Japan.

[@Hazztech]

Whaling is awesome

[@Icelandicmaster00]

No it isn’t!

[@figure253]

Sad life of whale you guys scared on whale becuase whale bigger that animals whale also die for many ages whale get hunting to be food whale attack by sharks whale is good life

[@distinctloafer]

I hate you for this.

[@svenkrisenberg6684]

Wtf are you saying

[@AnkitSingh-iy2cv]

Unfortunate

[@jessethedr7925]

Interesting how this was seen as civilization

[@Macbook3]

i wish we could still do this

[@max_8_5]

Варварство !

[@Sumschmuck]

I wouldn't mind whaling so long as we don't overdo it, and as long as I can get a whale bone cane or knife hilt

[@ValCronin]

Are whale bones dense enough for use in tools. They arent light as far as bones go?

[@Sumschmuck]

@@ValCronin yes

[@osmanlitorunu917]

Welcome to civilized West

[@StratocastRS]

blubbbahh

[@simonemartinezsaule9773]

In my opinion, whaling is one of the ways in which man shows that he has no respect for anything or anyone...😡

[@Yesica1993]

LOL! So people should starve while freezing to death in the dark?

[@simonemartinezsaule9773]

@@Yesica1993 People should find other ways to satisfy their needs and leave alone poor animals which just want to live in peace

[@Yesica1993]

@@simonemartinezsaule9773 Can you tell me how that works in the real world? Especially in locations and time periods where people needed whale oil and meat?

[@deepfriedsalte]

but at least he cared for the cat and not let it go onboard as a weather forecast only

[@claybaca]

Cat

[@Chhabirani-c1e]

2025 present

[@d200sax5]

Excessive whaling by Europe and the United States has ended, and many species of cetaceans are on the rise. Nonetheless, They wanted to make a whale scapegoat to hide the environmental destruction caused by industry and weapons of war. It was surely especially satisfying to have a pleasant feeling by hitting Japan in Asia. Japan has endured their harassment

[@lindsayford8224]

Barbaric human beings

[@rainbowwarrior2635]

It is fascinating to look at these men, because they just act like they're normal and they're not doing anything wrong. And they did all this for lubricants, soap making and margarine. They could have just grown some coconut trees or some algae. But even to this day people are like this. People who have meat eating mindset, they just can't get it. They're so incredibly wrong, people are not meant to eat meat, people who eat meat are so unhealthy and morally inferior. I eat a bit every now and then but the more I know the sicker and more disgusting it gets. Being vegan my life is so great and meat eaters are just so ignorant.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

We did not have the science back then

[@darkheartproductions1616]

Please, try to understand. There ARE ways to ethically source meat, while unethically sourced meat is a huge problem, you by no means should put down every single person who eats meat as a horrible person. As I am not putting you down for your beliefs. Humans are not categorically supposed to eat anything specific. Let people choose to eat what they eat, and if they do it at an unhealthy amount, or specifically and knowingly doing it unethically than that’s a different problem. You also need to remember that quality healthy diets / lifestyles can get incredibly expensive, because America is a capitalist machine. To my prior point about humans not being “meant” To eat anything specific, there are many carnivore, omnivore, and herbivore primates. The leading theory is that we evolved from chimpanzees, which are omnivores; meaning they eat both plants and meat. So please try to be more understanding, and instead of putting people down who eat meat try to respect one another, instead of instantly assuming someone is ignorant purely cause of what they consume to stay alive.

[@gloomyallo1830]

I hope you know that you're smart enough (Which is already stretching it) to write a comment on the internet on a device manufactured, things which only exist because of intelligent design, which we wouldn't have if our distant ancestors hadn't included meat in their diet which contributes to neurological development, especially overtime. You exist because humans killed and ate things.

[@rainbowwarrior2635]

@@gloomyallo1830 Actually 80% of the human brain and the nervous system is made up of DHA medium chain polyunsaturated fat which comes from omega 3 and omega 6 which are fats that are only made by plants and are not found in meat besides for animals which eat meat. However by eating the animals your exposed the the pollution concentration, You're citing a quack scientific theory from a book called blood sex and power, your argument is women needed men to hunt to get iron so they could raise infants but the issue is that vegan outside of having much higher levels of omega three have much higher iron levels then meat eaters too. In fact meat eaters have all the same nutrient deficiencies of vegans and some they don't. This is what I'm talking about when I say meat eaters are just the height of ignorance, this guy just quotes all this made up bullshit to rationalize his food addiction. You're not eating meat for protein, plants are a much better source of protein, you're trying to get cholesterol to make your hormones work but plants provide much better sources of fat and plants provide omega 3 & 6 which is which outside of being far more intelligent, vegans also sustain much higher levels of sex steriods and have far lower rate of impotency. It's a fact vegans are healthier then vegeterians and omnivorse in almost all measurable manners. Meat eaters are chronically sick, with cancer, diabete, artherosclerosis, parkinsons, alzhiemers, etc, and they have short lives which diminishing health vs vegan who have long lives with continuously increasing strength

[@israelc.8586]

Be vegan if you want to. But don't shame people who eat meat. That extremely ignorant. Also without these men you wouldn't live the life you live today. smh