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The fur seal yields a valuable fur; the hair seal has no fur, but oil can be obtained from its fat and leather from its hide. [9] Seals have been used for their pelts, their flesh, and their fat, which was often used as lamp fuel, lubricants, cooking oil, a constituent of soap, the liquid base for red ochre paint, and for processing materials such as leather and jute.
Legally distinct from, but adopted simultaneously alongside the Great Seal in 1835, is the coat of arms of Michigan. The current rendition of the coat of arms was adopted by the Legislature in 1911 (MCL 2.21). It is identical to the Great Seal of Michigan with the legend or circle, "The Great Seal of the State of Michigan, A.D. MDCCCXXXV", omitted.
A new rule in the Marine Mammal Regulations for 2008 required hunters to slit the seal's main arteries under its flippers, after clubbing or shooting a seal. [7] The European Union recommended adding this rule in a report released in December 2007. [8] This was to prevent the seal from having to withstand the pain of being skinned alive.
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Pictured is the skull of a baby crocodile that was allegedly found in the possession of a Canadian man boarding a flight from New Delhi, India back to Canada on Jan. 6, 2025.
A hakapik (Norwegian: gaff) is a club, of Norwegian design, similar to a fishing gaff, used for killing and moving seals.The hakapik is a multipurpose hunting tool—a heavy wooden club, with a hammer head (used to crush a seal's skull), and a hook (used to drag the carcass) on the end.
A Texas man was charged with stalking WNBA star Caitlin Clark after allegedly sending numerous threats and sexually explicit messages to her on social media.. Michael Lewis, 55, was arrested and ...
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