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4 days ago · Nathaniel Philbrick’s book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex recounts the journey of the titular vessel, which was attacked and ultimately sunk by a sperm whale. This forced the remaining crew to head off in search of land with rapidly dwindling resources at the mercy of the unforgiving ocean.
4 days ago · Sperm whale protection focus of marine sanctuary creation in Caribbean | 60 Minutes 14:10. This is an updated version of a story first published on May 14, 2023. The original video can be viewed here.
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5 days ago · May 25—A Ketchikan fisherman has pleaded guilty in federal court to killing an endangered sperm whale in a first-of-its-kind case that highlights a long, little known conflict between the giant ...
3 days ago · The following are some of the conclusions of the study: At least half the cetacean species regularly found in Greece ingest macroplastics. 60% of sperm whales in the Greek seas have macroplastics in their stomach. Macroplastic ingestion by odontocetes can be often lethal due to gastric blockage.
6 days ago · A Southeast Alaska troll fisherman has agreed to plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor after admitting that he directed the shooting of a sperm whale northwest of Sitka in March 2020. According to federal court filings, fisherman Dugan Daniels ordered a member of his crew to shoot the whale and tried to ram it with his fishing boat, the Pacific ...
4 days ago · Sperm whales are fairly peaceful creatures, and recordings of sperm whale attacks are exceedingly rare and usually only occur to ships – not to actual humans. Are sperm whales dangerous? Although they are carnivores, sperm whales are not considered to be dangerous.
4 days ago · The Livyatan is the only species from the extinct genus: macroraptorial sperm whale. Concerning size, our current data suggest it was approximately the same size as the modern sperm whale. Records indicate that Livyatan’s total length was likely around 13.5 to 17.5 meters (44 to 57 feet) and weighed around 62 tons (57 tonnes) based on its length.
