Assertion: blue whale | /r/HasProperty | paid
Facets:
value: for these mammals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: As technology, boats, and hunting equipment continued to evolve throughout the centuries the rate at which whales were being killed greatly increased and continued to shrink the existing whale populations, especially those of the blue whale and because blue whales were so large and whalers got paid top dollar for these mammals they were continually hunted by competitors until near extinction.
text: As technology, boats, and hunting equipment continued to evolve throughout the centuries the rate at which whales were being killed greatly increased and continued to shrink the existing whale populations, especially those of the blue whale and because blue whales were so large and whalers got paid top dollar for these mammals they were continually hunted by competitors until near extinction.