Blubber helps some marine animals maintain a high body temperature
The researchers used
blubber samples to estimate the amount of PCB contamination in killer whales around the world.
"So while Inuit diets may not promote obesity for them, someone else may pack on pounds after munching on
blubber. Olive oil may not be healthy for everyone either," Saey says.
PCBs lodge in fat and build up in the
blubber of marine mammals.
Earlier this week, workers began cutting and peeling back layers of
blubber from the whale's skeleton.
The auks or parakeets are eaten first then the
blubber. Consume the bird whole and since they still have their feathers, skeleton, and innards in tact be careful to spit same out before swallowing.
Blubber, the main energy storage tissue of marine mammals, will be used both as an indicator of nutritional stress and to examine dietary changes.
When you were in the whaling grounds you could be working for two or three days non-stop, catching a whale and flensing it - taking off the
blubber.
Until now, little was known about how sharks, which carry fat in their massive livers rather than external
blubber, make similar voyages.
I suppose when you're in an ice cave eating
blubber, cooking
blubber and blubbering into your
blubber, it's a distraction keeping a note of what the penguins are up to.
Observe: Penguins, seals, and other animals that live near either the North or South Poles often have a layer of fat called
blubber.