That doesnt mean it hasn’t been tried before.

The Malm Whale at the Gothenburg Natural History Museum in Sweden.

The whale was very slippery to hold on to, and since it was twitching violently, …

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I had to get back into the boat again on several occasions.

I cut it like this with the axe from ten oclock until half past three in the afternoon.

I stabbed it with a scythe deep in the eye and belly.

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Having closed the deal with its killers, Malm began the task of transporting the enormous mammal to Gothenburg.

The Malm Whale arrives in Gothenburg.

Malm hired a team of butchers to cut up the whale, and remove the blubber and the organs.

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The inside was converted into a sitting room with benches, carpeting, and wall hangings.

The whale is still there at the Gothenburg Natural History Museum, where it completed 150 years in 2015.

Photo: Elisabet Petersson.

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