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Muktuk [1] (transliterated in various ways, see below) is a traditional food of Inuit and other circumpolar peoples, consisting of whale skin and blubber. A part of Inuit cuisine , it is most often made from the bowhead whale , although the beluga and the narwhal are also used.
In 1998–1999, Harvard researchers published their DNA identifications of samples of whale meat they obtained in the Japanese market, and found that mingled among the presumably legal (i.e. minke whale meat) was a sizeable proportion of dolphin and porpoise meats, and instances of endangered species such as fin whale and humpback whale.
Nalukataq serves two purposes. First, it is a celebration of thanksgiving for success. Second, it is the first of several times during the year when quaq (frozen whale meat) [6] and muktuk (whale blubber and skin) are distributed to the community. The ability to produce and distribute wealth among the community is highly valued in Eskimo cultures.
After the interview, Kimmel gave the huge whale mouth to Packard. The movie shows it being delivered to him in Provincetown; he later sat in it as part of the Eastham Windmill Weekend.
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Japanese research vessels refer to the harvested whale meat as incidental byproducts resulting from lethal study. In 2006, 5,560 tons of whale meat was sold for consumption. [9] In modern-day Japan, two cuts of whale meat are usually distinguished: the belly meat and the tail or fluke meat.
Mercury's zero oxidation state (Hg 0) exists as vapor or as liquid metal, its mercurous state (Hg +) exists as inorganic salts, and its mercuric state (Hg 2+) may form either inorganic salts or organomercury compounds. [20] [21] [22] Consumption of whale and dolphin meat, as is the practice in Japan, is a source of high levels of mercury ...