Whaling Voyages Also Devastated Walruses and Many Other Animals
The nineteenth century was a heady time for American whaler , and , accordingly , a pretty unspeakable time for whales around the world . But cetaceans were n’t the only one to take a hit . A forthcoming survey of whaler ship logs find that thousands of other creature , from walruses to kangaroos , all fell prey to whalers ’ weapons . The study itself began as a midterm project for undergraduates inJoshua Drew ’s Historical Ecology socio-economic class at Columbia University ....