Blubber

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Definition of Blubber:
A thick layer of isolating fat just beneath the skin of cetaceans and pinnipeds. Harmful organochlorines usually acumulate in the blubber. During periods of famine these organoclorines can be remobilised and cause acute toxification
This is the common definition for Blubber, other definitions can be discussed in the article