Corsets were stiffened with whalebone and then tightened with laces made from baleen. |
One of the ingredients used in ice cream comes from seaweed. |
Some air and water filters are made up of the shells of tiny organisms, such as diatoms. |
Sponges that were and are used for cleaning used to be living creatures. |
Some cosmetics, such as lipstick and hand creams, were and still are made with the oils of whales and sharks. |
The chitin that is found in crab shells is also found in octopus, squid, worms, and in the shells of insects, such as cockroaches. |
Eyeglasses were once made from turtles |
Some natives used the intestines of a walrus to make raincoats |