Pre-ban sperm oil selling legal
Years ago I acquired a couple quarts of Sperm Whale Oil. As long as it is preban(before the mid 's as I recall) it is fine and very legal. N.J., with four counts of selling or attempting to sell sperm whale oil over eBay's.
Sperm Whale
We agreed that it was illegal to sell/buy, but couldn't agree if it was still legal to WAY before the internet) that it was legal to own pre-ban oil, but it was illegal to.
Description:Once they are stranded their is little hope for sperm whales as they soon overheat and their bodies are not designed to support the organs once the whale is outside of the water, leading to organ failure. In the United States it is banned due to the fact it is produced by sperm whales which are a protected species. This piece of trivia will not do you any good even at NCBS cocktail parties. If owning whale oil was legal at the time of purchase, it is still legal to own it, if you are the original purchaser. He would get them, remove the liver, then leave the livers in the sun on hot tin roofing material while the oil drained off which he then put in plastic bottles. The increasing availability of oil reduced the value of whale oil, and therefore the intensity of hunting on whales.
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