How long do sperm whales live

The Lost Culture of Whales. And how did you feel working with the industry that brought whales to the brink of extinction? Mammal Evolution: An Illustrated Guide. Keyword: Search. Photo credit: Vilmos Vincze. View Liveaboards. Young males leave their families in their early teens to roam the open ocean, mostly alone, and may never see their families again.

The Fossil Record. Elephants and dolphins also have larger brains than humans. Effective: 5 March Moby Dick, marine science and the sublime" PDF. University of Chicago press. Sperm whales: social evolution in the ocean. Melville's Whale".

BBC News. It has been stated that sperm whales, as well as other large cetaceans, help fertilise the surface of the ocean by consuming nutrients in the depths and transporting those nutrients to the oceans' surface when they defecate, an effect known as the whale pump. The Insomniac Society. Atop the whale's skull is positioned a large complex of organs filled with a liquid mixture of fats and waxes called spermaceti.