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The sperm whale is a toothed whale that lives in pods. It has a huge brain that weighs about 20 pounds (9 kg); it is the largest brain of any animal. The sperm whale has a single blowhole that is s-shaped and about 20 inches long. The blowhole is located on the left side of the front if its huge head. The sperm whale has a 4-12 inch thick layer of blubber.

Sperm whales produce ambergris, a dark, waxy substance (related to cholesterol) that is produced in the lower intestines, and is sometimes found containing squid beaks. Ambergris may help protect the sperm whale from the stings on the giant squid, its major food. Large lumps of ambergris may be vomited up by the sperm whale.

The fictional Moby Dick was a sperm whale. The Flukes

A whale's flukes are its tail fins, which are composed of flesh and not anchored by skeletal anatomy. In all species, they are flattened horizontally.
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Source Sperm Whale. Kaikoura.NZ
Author Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
Camera location42° 25′ 11.67″ S, 173° 39′ 55.26″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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