BBC reports they’re delicious! And oh yeah, you may already have tasted them:
A genetic analysis of meat found in Los Angeles showed that it was identical to meat from a sei whale being sold in Japan in 2007. This species is said by environmentalists to be in danger of extinction.
Criminal proceedings have started against the Los Angeles restaurant caught selling the whale meat.
It has now closed but its chef and owners face heavy penalties.
Writing in the Royal Society journal, Biology Letters, the researchers involved say that trading in this meat is banned between countries that have signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
The researchers also visited an unnamed restaurant in the South Korean capital Seoul where they say they purchased 13 whale products on two occasions in June and September 2009.
Potentially as intelligent as us, definitely teetering on the brink of extinction. And I believe I’m on solid biological ground when I say they don’t taste like chicken; based on their family tree, they should taste more like pork.