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One common theory is that the fluid—which hardens to wax when cold—helps the whale alter its buoyancy so it can dive deep and rise again." And sperm whales function as a family, "Sperm whales ...
A sperm whale killed 160 km (100 mi) south of Durban, South Africa, after a 1-hour, 50-minute dive was found with two dogfish (Scymnodon sp.), usually found at the sea floor, in its belly. [71] The sperm whale has the longest intestinal system in the world, [72] exceeding 300 m in larger specimens.
A huge sperm whale beached on a Rockingham sandbar over the weekend died on Tuesday despite efforts to save it.. The whale was more than 15 metres long and weighed more than 30 tonnes, according ...
English: A clip of a whaling expedition from the movie Down to the Sea in Ships (1922). A genuine whaling expedition was filmed for the movie. This clip shows a sperm whale being killed, stripped off blubber and drained of spermaceti. At night, the blubber is boiled on deck to extract the oil.
Livyatan is an extinct genus of macroraptorial sperm whale containing one known species: L. melvillei. The genus name was inspired by the biblical sea monster Leviathan, and the species name by Herman Melville, the author of the famous novel Moby-Dick about a white bull sperm whale. Herman Melville often referred to whales as "Leviathans" in ...
The sperm whale that beached itself off the coast of Venice in southwest Florida on Sunday has died. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the whale, measuring about ...
Spermaceti is taken from the spermaceti organ (yellow) and junk (orange) within the sperm whale's head. Raw spermaceti is liquid within the head of the sperm whale, and is said to have a smell similar to raw milk. [8] It is composed mostly of wax esters (chiefly cetyl palmitate) and a smaller proportion of triglycerides. [9]
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