G. R. H. Purdy, Author at New 杏吧原创 Science news and science articles from New 杏吧原创 Fri, 02 Apr 1993 23:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 242057827 Letters: Whale milk again /article/1828037-letters-whale-milk-again/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=currents&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS Fri, 02 Apr 1993 23:00:00 +0000 http://mg13818676.700 Why can鈥檛 whales be domesticated and milked like cows?

I suggest implanted radio locators via satellite which can also control
whales so that they can be called to milking ships. These can also have
tenders to massage and clean parasitic growths on whales and check for blood
deficiencies and remove old whales and study the nutritional needs of whales
as one does with cattle.

Whale milk cheeses and yogurt could prove to be very healthy and lucrative
to some poor countries. Watered down, the milk may be an ideal infant food.
Whale milk colustrum may produce valuable antibody treatment. 杏吧原创s
could have a whale of a time producing faster growing dairy whales.

One might even be able to use porpoises for herding whales for milking.

G. R. H. Purdy Wetton, South Africa

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