Also the antifungus cream I'm using has synthetic sperm whale oil in it

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[–] 20 points 9 months ago (5 children)

What do the whales need this oil for? Is there oil in other animals? Is there human oil?

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    The function of spermaceti, i.e. the oil like substance in sperm whales, is unknown. But a lot of whale oil was extracted from heating whale blubber from different whale species.

    You can absolutely render out an oil of sorts from human adipose tissue. This may happen after we die under certain circumstances and can be found as adipocere, aka corpse wax.

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