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James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale. He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning. The story originated of an anonymous form, began to appear in American newspapers.
A baby whale has died after being found on a Florida beach with a "large plastic bag" in its stomach.. Last month, an individual stumbled upon the small animal, which they initially believed to be ...
About 60 per cent of the world's recorded sperm whale strandings occur in three regions – Tasmania, New Zealand and the North Sea. [1] 132 strandings of sperm whales were recorded around the coast of the United Kingdom (mostly in Scotland) between 1990 and 2011. [2] The list below is in reverse chronological order and is not exhaustive.
Apart from two partial specimens (#2 and 3) recovered from sperm whale stomachs in the mid-1950s—initially misidentified as belonging to the giant squid genus, Architeuthis [2] —and a single juvenile individual of 86 mm (3.4 in) mantle length , [3] little else was known about the species until additional specimens began receiving coverage ...
The carcass of a pregnant sperm whale found washed up on a beach in Sardinia, Italy, last week had approximately 49 pounds of plastic waste in its stomach. Pregnant whale found dead with nearly 50 ...
A second Architeuthis accession (NMI 1995.16.484), which lacks an acquisition date but is labelled "Beak and eye of Cuttlefish from stomach of sperm whale. Blacksod Bay [in County Mayo ]. Given by H.C. Hartnell.", may represent the remains from the second sperm whale stomach reported by Massy (1913) ; based on its label this specimen appears to ...
A humpback whale crossed multiple oceans for a massive migration that covered more than 8,000 miles, according to a new study. Humpback whale makes one of the longest migrations ever recorded Skip ...
By comparison, the largest known colossal squid beak from a sperm whale stomach measured 49 mm (1.9 in) in LRL. [22] Though the number of large colossal squid specimens known to science is too small to get a good idea of the relationship between beak size and overall body size, a beak of such enormity indicates a truly massive animal weighing ...