You'd think the tensile strength of whale muscles would also grant them some kind of insane durability vs piercing or at least cutting, but they croak to even hand-thrown harpoons. Their flesh doesn't seem radically harder than that of a pig. How can they function, built from such a weak material? Does distributed tension carry this completely?

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/asia-pacific-journal/article/killing-the-practice-of-whale-hunting-is-the-same-as-killing-the-japanese-people-identity-national-pride-and-nationalism-in-japans-resistance-to-international-pressure-to-curb-whaling/E08AEAD4B4E9969692CA3F73735CBAA0
>Killing the Practice of Whale Hunting is the same as Killing the Japanese People

we need to drop another bomb

>>16694117
where does this shit come from all of a sudden? are you a fucking Korean or some shit? Instantly changing the topic to seethe about Japanese people for no reason lmao

That thing cannot walk on land.

>>16694209
Oh cool, the creators RNG mutation just blessed us large land mammals, lets see what we get....back into the water you go FlipperCuck? What does this mean?

>>16694229
Heaviest whales are close to 200 tonnes, heaviest elephant isn't even 12 tonnes, fuck off midwit.

>>16694232
not even true and haven't you heard of sauropoda?

anyway, just the movements in the water put the blue whale's body at a huge strain, due to forces like inertia and load linking or w/e you call it.

>>16694241
>extinct, no proof they weighed that much
yeah very good argument retard, why aren't they 200 tonnes by the way?