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and they harpoon the whale.

他们最终捕获了这条鲸
Finbacks are big, fast, aggressive,

长须鲸是游动迅速进攻性强的巨大鲸鱼
and they have one further peculiarity,

它还有一个特性
when you kill them they sink to the bottom of the sea.

当被杀时长须鲸会沉入海底
Virtually all whales float when killed

理论上所有鲸鱼被杀时都会浮在水面上
and the general rule of property in whaling

捕鲸时的通用规则是
is finder's keepers, loser's weepers.

谁发现归谁没发现的倒霉
You've all heard of that.

你们都听过
The specific method is that after you kill a whale

具体的方式是在你杀了一头鲸后
you either lash it to your ship and tow it to harbor,

你可以用船拉着鲸并拖到海港
or slice it up and process it at sea,

或者当场把鲸肢解加工
but these boats by and large weren't big enough for that.

但大部分船都不够大