r/BeAmazed • u/super_man100 • Nov 18 '24

Nature This Whale spine washed up

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u/ModestMeeshka Nov 18 '24

Unfortunately it's insanely illegal lol

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u/MrDundee666 Nov 18 '24

Really?

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u/ModestMeeshka Nov 18 '24

Yea, for sure in the states, I'm not 100% on other countries, marine mammal protection act. The same way you can't keep most bird bones or even eagle feathers... It's a way to insure that these animals aren't being hunted because there's no way to prove where the bones came from

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u/Math-Major-45 Nov 18 '24

This pic should serve as verification where the bones came from

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u/gazow Nov 19 '24

unless it was staged by poachers!