Word: whaled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ivories belong to a dead whale which washed ashore on a north Massachusetts beach near Essex, Mass., Tuesday night...
...National Marine Fisheries promised the whale's remains to Harvard while the animal was still floating down the New England coast...
...before the University could retrieve the carcass, a couple from Essex allegedly cut out the whale's jaw with a chain saw and stole 29 teeth...
Using molecular genetics tests similar to those used in crime investigations, researchers discovered that several samples of whale meat for sale in Japan came from illegally hunted species, including fin and humpback. The report in the current Science found that only 8 of 17 samples were genetically consistent with those from legal catches...
There's a new use for DNA testing: tracking illegal whaling practices, according to a report in Science magazine. Researchers used portable equipment to test whale meat being sold in Japan, where the product is an expensive delicacy. The presence of protected minke, fin and humpback whales as well as dolphin were found in several of the samples, indicating that banned meat was being sold. The genetic test could provide a policing mechanism in the future...