Imagine how badass the first ancient person—5000 years ago—to see a whale must have been. They saw that whale and decided.>That’s it. I’m going to hunt that fucking leviathan down.And they did it, with nothing but a spear, some ropes, and a boat of wood and animal skin. And they did it over and over again, as did their children and their grandchildren.
It was probably a gradual process of retrieving dead whales while fishing to finishing off sick whales or younger whales to actively hunting healthy adult whales.
>>18285279My only question would be, how come by the time the europeans came over had the natives lost the ability to make boats suitable for ocean travel?
>>18285376they weren't hunting whales in boats suitable for ocean travel, they were basically using fucking canoes
