Following my explanation, Yvette stared blankly at the huge whale carcass. Bella had to ask, “Fifty tons? That’s heavy. Is the sperm whale edible, Flynn?”
Walking up, I touched and smelled the carcass before shaking my head. “We can’t eat it. It stinks on the outer layer. It’s likely rotting on the inside.”
It was such a pity. The sperm whale carcass was well preserved without any signs of injury. Judging by the foul odor, it must have been dead for a while though. It was possible that the whale died of an illness. It would be bad if we caught a marine bacterial infection from eating it. The sperm whale lived in the deep blue sea where thousands of unknown substances inhabited.
“It’s a shame. We don’t have to worry about food for months if we can eat the sperm whale.”
Alana sighed.
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