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| | Sperm whales - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries |
 | | Stable pollutants might affect the health or behavior of sperm whales. | | | Therefore, management activities in the U.S. portion of its range are not likely to contribute substantially to recovery. | | | Sperm whales have the largest brain of any animal (on average 7.8 kg in mature males), however, compared to their large body size, the brain is not exceptional in size. |
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| | Hexapedia - Sperm Whale |
| | In contrast to the smooth skin of most other large whales, the skin on the back of the Sperm Whale is usually knobbly and has been likened to a prune by whale-watching enthusiasts (ref 5. | | | However, the brain is not large relative to body size. | | | The substance is not of course the whale's semen; it was mistaken for such by early whalers. |
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http://www.hexafind.com/encyclopedia/Sperm_Whale
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| | Sperm Whale - MSN Encarta |
| | According to one hypothesis, the loudest of their vocalizations, sharp clicks, may be loud enough to stun their prey and thereby facilitate feeding. | | | The bodies of sperm whales are laterally compressed, with a single blowhole on the left front of the head and a thick dorsal hump originating at the hindmost third of the body. | | | These groups can be as large as 50 individuals, but they usually include only about 12 animals. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579753/Sperm_Whale.html
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| | Dwarf Sperm Whale - Dolphins And Whales Window |
| | Consequently it can only be observed in very calm seas. | | | As the Dwarf Sperm Whale is more coastal than the Pygmy it may be more vulnerable to human interference such as fishing and pollution. | | | They are not often sighted at sea and most of our understanding of the creatures comes from the study of washed-up specimens. |
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| | Exploding whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Exploding whales are a theme written about by several authors; their unusual, absurd, and highly improbable nature makes them an interesting topic to write about. | | | This decision was made because they thought burying the whale would be ineffective, as it would soon be uncovered, and they believed the use of dynamite would cause an explosion that would disintegrate the whale into pieces small enough for scavengers to clear up. | | | Although the explosion was spectacular, it did not stop researchers from performing a post-mortem on the animal. |
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| | Sperm whale - eNature.com Nature Guides |
| | The National Marine Mammal Laboratory conducts research on marine mammals, with particular attention to issues relating to marine mammals off the coast of | | | The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales, which includes other members Sperm whales get their name from the oily fat, known as spermaceti, | | | Pygmy Sperm whales resemble their larger counterparts, the sperm whale, Like Sperm whales, they too have a wax-filled area in the front portion of their |
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| | Galveston Laboratory Publications |
| | The structure and function of centriolar satellites and pericentriolar processes in cnidarian sperm, pp. | | | Evidence for the presence of action in natantian sperm. | | | Sperm and pigmy sperm whales stranded in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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