#spermwhale — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/474886/ Giant Squid DNA Found in Deep Canyons off Australia #Architeuthis #ArchiteuthisDux #Australia #canyon #Cuvier’sBeakedWhale #DNA #edna #eel #Éire #FacelessCuskEel #Gene #Genome #GiantSquid #IE #Ireland #KogiaBreviceps #PygmySpermWhale #Rhadinesthes #RhadinesthesDecimus #Science #SleeperShark #SlenderSnaggletooth #Snaggletooth #Somniosus #SpermWhale #Squid #Typhlonus #TyphlonusNasus #whale #Wildlife #ZiphiusCavirostris
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I'm counting the days when we can successfully communicate with sperm whales 🐳. We will finally be able to apologise for almost making them extinct because of our thirst for money and "progress".
And we could tell them one of the greatest books ever written by our civilization is about them! 😍
Melville would be proud. 🫶🏾
#melville #hermanmelville #mobydick #whale #spermwhale #nonhumans
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WOAAAHHHH!!! 😍🐋🥰
"Not only do sperm whales have a form of 'alphabet' and form vowels within their vocalizations but the structure of these vowels behaves in the same way as human speech, the new study has found".
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CW: Dead Sperm Whale image on linked site
Rotting #SpermWhale #carcass forces relocation of #Tasmania's largest open water swim.
A 40-tonne sperm whale carcass has been decomposing on a Tasmanian beach for the past month and the state's environment department says it is not feasible to move it.
The carcass, and concerns about it attracting sharks, has forced the annual #DevilOfASwim to be moved from #Bicheno to #ColesBay.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-11/decomposing-whale-carcass-relocates-open-water-swim/106537682 -
Scientists Capture First-Ever Detailed Footage of Sperm Whale Birth https://petapixel.com/2026/03/30/scientists-capture-first-ever-detailed-footage-of-sperm-whale-birth/ #Miscellaneous #aerialfootage #dronefootage #spermwhales #spermwhale #drone
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The oldest whales in the ocean were alive before 'Moby-Dick' and have the harpoons to prove it
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/whales-older-than-moby-dick-ex1
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Ancient fossil sperm #whale may have been active predator https://phys.org/news/2025-05-ancient-patagonian-fossil-sperm-whale.html
Awakening #Patagonia's sleeping #SpermWhale: a new description of the Early #Miocene Idiorophus patagonicus. By Florencia Paolucci et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70007
"Its snout features point to a lifestyle quite different from modern sperm #whales. It was likely an active predator of large #fish and possibly #seabirds, while extant #SpermWhales feed mostly on #cephalopods or small fish through suction feeding"
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Sperm Whale yesterday, #Waterford#IWDG:
https://iwdg.ie/sperm-whale-in-waterford-estuary-march-25th-2025/🐳 Largest Toothed Predator, 18 meters long, <57 Tons
🐳 Deep Diver: I3,000 meters
🐳 Huge Head and Brain
🐳 Powerful echolocation clicks, loudest animal
#speirgorm #whale #spermWhale #ireland #irish #dolphin #mastodaoine
📷©Watchorn
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Holy CRAP!! 😲 Sperm whale in Prince William Sound near Valdez, Alaska. Photographer Todd Graven saw this guy yesterday and estimated his size at around 60 feet long. They don't usually go into PWS. The photo was taken by a drone. #Alaska #AlaskaSeaLife #SpermWhale #Ginormous
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#Spermwhale #entangled in rope off coast of #IsleOfSkye
A sperm whale got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope off the east coast of Skye.The British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said it was alerted & mobilised its large whale disentanglement team.
The BDMLR attempted to take a closer look at the whale, however the wind and sea conditions made it impossible to approach safely. #Whale
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The Vocabulary of Sperm Whales
https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-vocabulary-of-sperm-whales.html"Particular patterns of rhythm and tempo are more likely to be combined with rubato and/or extra clicks than others, and many potential patterns just aren't used at all. This also resembles the way that individual #phonemes are used in human #languages, with no #language containing every possible consonant... the researchers conclude that there are not just 21 'words' in the vocabulary of this particular #SpermWhale clan... there are 143."
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#ML suggests all that relaxing #whale song might just be human-esque gossiping
"Contextual and combinatorial structure in #spermwhale vocalisations," was undertaken by MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (#CSAIL) researchers and #ProjectCETI. The team used a relatively simple #machinelearning algorithm to analyze the communicative sounds #spermwhales make, thought to be a system of fixed messages – are actually much more complex than previously thought.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/ai_whale_language/ -
⚪ Schnell noch ein Lieblingsfoto...
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📷 by Artist: #PaulNicklen and
#CGMitty #CristinaGoettschMittermaier in Loc.: #Norway 🇳🇴 - Title: "Soursop" ( The #Whale ) - #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #Monochrome #Pottwal #Spermwhale #Sealegacy
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I'm featuring an ecosystem rather than an organism this #MarineLifeMonday. Lasting for only a short time but providing a bonanza for #DeepSea life, a #whale fall occurs when a whale dies and sinks to the #ocean floor. The carcass provides rare #nutrients for a range of #scavengers, from microscopic bacteria to huge sharks. The whale fall shown here is an artificial one on display at the #MontereyBayAquarium, where spider #crabs, giant #isopods, and jawless #hagfish occupy a #SpermWhale skeleton.