12/24/2022 0 Comments Whale spoutUnlike most whales where the spout shoots straight up high into the air, the spout of the Sperm whale is aimed to the left and forward. Sperm whales are even harder to find than other species because they don't stick out of the water very much and their distinctive blow is small and easily missed. Whales might be big, but they aren't easy to find. The whale closes the blowhole when it dives to keep the water out. You can see in this photo how the blowhole looks like a pair of lips, and it works like one too. This causes its blow to shoot to the left. The Sperm Whale's blow hole is at an angle on the left side of its head. Only rarely do these energetic animals take a break and rest at the surface. They spend 90% of their lives down deep where they can't be seen. Sperm whales are deep divers, holding their breath and diving thousands of feet down to feed on deep sea squid and fish. Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales on the planet, and perhaps the most abundant of the great whales, but we rarely get to study them because they spend so much time underwater. In fact, we know a lot about what Sperm whales don't do-but not very much else. They do not break ships apart and swallow sailors whole. We now know that Sperm whales are not dangerous to people. This is the reputation these whales have gotten throughout the years, perhaps because of their large size and huge teeth. In Herman Melville's classic novel, a Sperm whale called Moby Dick is protrayed as an evil monster which sinks ships and kills sailors. Join photographer Jonathan Bird on a dive with Sperm whales by watching his on-line adventure series Jonathan Bird's Blue World! Phelps, Jr.SPERM WHALES : The Deep Divers of the OceanĪ Sperm whale calf investigating the camera!
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