Maybe he came for the golf?!
choot it Jacob- they aint supposed to be heer
Lots of seamen have seen sperm whales. “BJ! Cum! Look at the Sperm Whale!”
Global warming.
If you can’t get to the OP’s link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzhAn9PUiaM
Sperm whale have John D Rockefeller to thank that they aren’t extinct. In the late 19th century they were the chief source of lamp oil, and the advent of steam-powered whaling ships armed with harpoon guns led to industrialized slaughter of an animal that breeds slowly. They’d have been wiped out except Rockefeller’s Standard Oil began producing consistently high-quality (standardized) kerosene that was cheaper than whale oil.
It’s called “sperm” whale because there’s a reservoir in its head filled a white-ish oil that’s unique to its species. The reason they almost were hunted to extinction was because this “sperm oil” was superior in every respect to the oil made from the rendered blubber of other whales. A single whale could yield as much as 40 barrels of it.
Sperm oil is an extraordinarily good lubricant, doesn’t dry out, is very pressure-resistant, has a high smoke point and a low freezing point. It was once used extensively in the manufacture of steam engines, sewing machines and watches. Because it doesn’t thicken in the cold of space, it has seen use in aerospace, including Voyager, Hubble, and the ROVs sent to the moon and Mars. It’s also believed they used it to lubricate the shutters in the early spy satellites that used optical cameras, but the truth is classified, but that application certainly fits the profile.
The sperm whale also has the largest brain of any known mammal, extant or extinct, averaging about 17 lbs.