Blubber

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What Wikipedia says

Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, sirenians, and polar bears. It was present in many marine reptiles, such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs.

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