Will whale hunting be in the final game? I personally think that it would be lovely and appropriate, for the fine men and women of the colonies, to be able to turn those majestic creatures into profitable resources for the Empire.
I remember seeing an early piece of concept art including a huge sea creature (something like the monster of Loch Ness). I hope the devs haven't abandoned that idea.
This would be awesome. (Though it turns out that very large creatures are a pain due to pathing and some Other Stuff.) Still, we have assets for a lot of this kind of thing (as per http://clockworkempires.com/development.html), just need to get the scripts in line and the right set of thematic goodies.