Dolphins are hunted this way in several places around the world, including the Solomon Islands, the Faroe Islands, Peru, and Japan, the most well-known practitioner of this method. By numbers, dolphins are mostly hunted for their meat, though some end up in dolphinariums.
A cell placed in hypotonic solution will burst or split as a result of water entering into the cell which makes it continue to swell until it burst. 15 people found this useful. Edit.
If an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic environment, the cell will gain water, swell, and possibly burst. A cell without a rigid wall will lose water and shrivel if placed in a hypertonic environment. A cell without rigid walls may require an isotonic environment to live.