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Kalothar lemmy.ca Kalothar@lemmy.ca
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In the voice of Eustace Baannnkss

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Alexstarfire lemmy.world Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-06
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What is whale ivory?

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baguettefish discuss.tchncs.de baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-07-06
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What is whale ivory?

usually teeth or tusks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrimshaw

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tryagain sopuli.xyz tryagain@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-12-27
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Whale oil beef hooked!

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ExLisper lemmy.curiana.net ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Joined: 2025-03-22
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What is whale ivory?

Bone?

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ExLisper lemmy.curiana.net ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Joined: 2025-03-22
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How come I don't have any pie crimpers in my kitchen? Looks essential.

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Whats_your_reasoning lemmy.world Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-22
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usually teeth or tusks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrimshaw

Man, that first picture and its description. "American whaling ships, scrimshaw on whale tooth".

Imagine if a group of another species murdered you, then they carved an illustration of themselves murdering you, into your own tooth?

Just... what the actual fuck?

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TheEmpireStrikesDak thelemmy.club DakRalter@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Why does it sound like a dropshipping listing?

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gedaliyah lemmy.world gedaliyah@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Also, that is definitely not a sea horse, right?

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agamemnonymous sh.itjust.works agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Also, that is definitely not a sea horse, right?

Looks like it's actually the part of the brain which converts short-term to long-term memory

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Axolotl feddit.it Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it
Joined: 2025-10-10
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Avarage Italian stubbing their toe:

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-30
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There's a guy who was planning on making it back home, and wanted to bring a nice gift for his wife.

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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-26
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Why does it sound like a dropshipping listing?

Lots of keywords and similar words?

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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-26
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Man, that first picture and its description. "American whaling ships, scrimshaw on whale tooth". Imagine if a group of another species murdered you, then they carved an illustration of themselves murdering you, into your own tooth? Just... what the actual fuck?

Wood

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SillySized lemmy.ml gray@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-07-31
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Also, that is definitely not a sea horse, right?

It's a mythical sea horse

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Aneb lemmy.world Aneb@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-28
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Wood

That is not wood

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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-26
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That is not wood

Wasn't specific enough. Sorry.

Surely humans put pictures of cutting down trees on paper.

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