Do they hunt whales with hairpins?

Question

Some kid was telling me about how awful it was to hunt whales, and they shoot them down with hairpins. I can’t believe that a hairpin could knock down a whopping great whale, which is the biggest fish in the ocean.

Answer 1

Some folks just aren't with the program! Like Rhea! But, they are mammals - we should give her that...

Answer 2

They hunt with hairpins because the whales got together and signed a Sea Bill dictating that if they were going to be hunted, they were d**n sure going to die with their hair done.  

Answer 3

Troll alert.

When I read a ridiculous question I check the OP's profile. They do seem to enjoy bragging that they troll YA.

Answer 4

First of all it's HARPOONS & secondly, whales are NOT fish.  They are marine mammals.  

Answer 5

Hehehehe I think he heard someone day harpoon and mistook it for hairpin! Hehehe that's cute!  

Answer 6

They use harpoons not hairpins and just for the record before you make a complete idiot of yourself, whales are mammals NOT fish, as are dolphins.

Answer 7

"You make me laugh. How can they be animals if they live in water? Ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Wow, just...wow.  First off, if it's not a plant and not a fungus but is alive, then it's an animal.  The animal kingdom includes everything from humans to horses, snakes, goldfish, sharks, grasshoppers, fleas, and spiders.  I think you are confusing the words "animal" and "mammal".  Mammals are the group of animals that, among other unique traits, produce milk via mammary glands to feed their young.  

Most mammals live on land, but many mammals like seals, walruses, otters, dolphins, and whales live in the water (at least partially).  All mammals have their ancestry on land, but many groups went back to the sea.  Whales are the most highly adapted for aquatic life.  They feed their babies with milk like all other mammals and share all of the other traits that define a mammal.  

Whales, dolphins, porpoises, are NOT fish.  

Here, click on this link to read an article that describes the evolution of whales; where they came from, how they went from a life on land to a life in the water.

http://laelaps.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/...

Edit: Even if the original questioner is a troll, other people read these things.  I operate on the assumption that no matter how uncaring, uneducated, or indoctrinated the original questioner may be, somebody else reading my answer might learn something new.

Answer 8

Just because you don't beleive something does not make it not true.

Answer 9

no, it's harpoons

Answer 10

harpoon is what he meant. HARPOON.

Answer 11

Yes.  But they have to have belonged to Amy Winehouse to be effective.