How do you milk a whale?

Question

Whale milk is used by a lot of people as food, so, yes, you can milk a whale. I`m interested in the exact process through which people milk whales.

Answer 1

Is it possible???????what a strange question . Never heard before. I am waiting for others reply. I am also curious to know.

Answer 2

If it is done, you don't milk the whale, you kill it and use what ever is left in the mammary glands. Mother's and nursing calves are some of the easiest prey to hunt (compared to a mature male or juvenile).

There is absolutely no evidence that whales of any sort have been domesticated or even trained by native populations. And certainly not a nursing mother.

If I had to guess, I would say this is one of those stupid rumors.

Answer 3

the only thing I was able to find was that whale milk is not used for human consumption. Whale milk has 50% fat which is way to high for us to absorb.

Trivia: baby whales drink 130 gallons of milk daily.

Answer 4

I believe this is a well kept commercial secret since Tillamook is the only coastal manufacturer to use the milk in their cheese production lines. We often take tourists on tour there but no one is ever allowed in the secrete sea pens.

However the Canadian government did have a radio Canada article on it. Here is the link
http://www.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/courslangues/commun/asp/conte_illustr.asp?sect=contes&no_conte=19
"Once I was working at an outdoor adventure camp near Campbell River, on Vancouver Island, B.C. We took people kayaking, surfing, skiing, whatever they wanted to do. We skiied and kayaked and surfed all over and around that island. And sometimes we saw a killer whale. The people seemed to like that best of all.

One summer we had a mother killer whale in our bay. She had lost her baby and was very sad. And she had too much milk. So we helped her – we’d go out very early every morning and fill three or four boats full. Those whales can make a lot of milk!

But the milk was starting to go to waste. Then on one trip we found some coyote puppies who had lost their mother. We knew exactly what to do. Feed them on killer whale’s milk and everyone would be happy – killer whale and little coyote puppies too. This went on all summer. Every morning we continued to collect the killer whale’s milk – up to 6 boats full by July!

But summer ended and the killer whale moved on, as whales do. Those poor puppies, not so little now, got quite depressed. I would feed them the best slops, goat’s milk, whatever they wanted. And they would just look with half-closed eyes, sigh, and slowly walk away. I started to really worry. And the puppies started to get smaller and smaller with each day.

By the end of September I thought it was the end of those coyote puppies. I didn’t know what to do. Then one lunch hour I hear a lot of excited barking and howling– definitely happy-coyote sounds! I look out my window just in time: all those coyote puppies’ tails flying in the wind. Out in the bay is the mother killer whale. She spouts water up 100 metres in the air and waves her tail.

Those coyote puppies jump in the water and start swimming up the bay. All in a neat line, they follow their killer whale mom. And as they get to the end of our bay – I can see them spouting sea water out of their little coyote snouts! Good-bye!"

Answer 5

Uhm, well. I believe the correct person to ask would be a baby whale, I mean, they could probably answer that.