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  2. Woman Captures Rare Video of Sperm Whales ‘Cuddling’ and ...

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    And sperm whales function as a family, "Sperm whales are often spotted in groups (called pods) of some 15 to 20 animals. Pods include females and their young, while males may roam solo or move ...

  3. Sperm whale - Wikipedia

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    Female sperm whales are physically mature at about 10.6 to 11 meters (35 to 36 ft) in length and generally do not achieve lengths greater than 12 metres (39 ft). [35] [37] [39] The largest female sperm whale measured up to 12.3 meters (40 ft) long, and an individual of such size would have weighed about 17 tonnes (19 short tons).

  4. List of sperm whale strandings - Wikipedia

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    Strandings of sperm whales have occurred across much of their global range. 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]

  5. Livyatan - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Pregnant whale found dead with nearly 50 pounds of ... - AOL

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    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.

  7. Sperm whale beached off Florida’s Gulf Coast dies, officials say

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    Sperm whales, which can be found in all major oceans, ... As the largest toothed whale species, female sperm whales can grow up to 36 feet long and males can grow up to 52 feet long, ...

  8. Whale - Wikipedia

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    Several species have female-biased sexual dimorphism, with the females being larger than the males. One exception is with the sperm whale, which has males larger than the females. [35] [36] Odontocetes, such as the sperm whale, possess teeth with cementum cells overlying dentine cells.

  9. Scientists say they’ve discovered a ‘phonetic alphabet’ in ...

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    For the new study, the researchers used machine learning to detect patterns in audio data collected by The Dominica Sperm Whale Project, a repository for observations of sperm whales that inhabit ...