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The inspiration for the white whale of Moby Dick, sperm whales have the largest heads, biggest brains, and make the loudest sound of any animal on Earth

Region:
Arctic,
Antarctica

Destinations:
Lofoten,
Cape Verde,
South Orkney Islands,
Antarctic Peninsula,
South Shetland Islands,
Greenland,
Svalbard,
Falkland Islands,
South Georgia,
Ascension Island,
St. Helena,
Tristan da Cunha,
Iceland

Name : Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
Weight : 40,000-55,000 kg (88,000- 12,000 pounds)
Location : Sub-Arctic, sub-Antarctic, and Atlantic waters
Diet : Mainly squid, but also fish, octopi, rays, and megamouth sharks
Appearance : Long, block-shaped head comprising up to 1/3 of the whale’s body, with grey or black skin, which tends to be wrinkled behind the head and on the sides. Short, wide flippers, broad, triangular fluke, and a single blowhole.
Sperm whales usually eat a little over 900 kg (almost 2,000 pounds) of food per day. To find their prey (preferably giant squid), they dive somewhere between 300 and 1,200 metres (990 and 4,000 feet), though they can go as deep as 2 km (1.2 miles) while on the hunt. An average dive lasts about an hour.

Using echolocation to focus on their prey, sperm whales generate a series of clicks that are the loudest animal-caused noises in the world.

A sperm whale’s teeth along its bottom jaw are about 18 to 20 cm long (7.1 to 7.9 inches), fitting into sockets along the underside of the palate. The upper teeth of a sperm whale never grow out of its upper jaw.

Scientists believe that sperm whales and giant squid are natural enemies. While no actual battles have ever been observed, sperm whales sometimes carry round scars believed to have come from the suckers of giant squid.

When hunting smaller fish, sperm whale pods can work together to force feeder fish into ball-like clumps that are more substantial to eat than individuals.
When they are not breeding, adult male sperm whales live on their own. Female sperm whales and offspring, however, gather into pods of up to 20 members. The
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