Sperm whale Vs giant squid

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Uploaded by on Dec 18, 2007

Get the full length video on the Whales Tohora exhibition website: http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/whales/Segment.aspx?irn=163 ...
Dive with a sperm whale and join the hunt for the giant squid. This amazing experience is based on real scientific data taken from digital tags (D-tags) placed on sperm whales. From Search and Destroy, Whales Tohora exhibition

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  • am I right to believe that the Sperm whale can emit sonic pulses to disorientate the squid making it easier to gobble up?

  • @MrSuperMooman Although it may be possible for Sperm whales to emit sonic pulses that could do such a thing, evidence from actual recordings of diving, feeding sperm whales suggest that the don't, nor seem to have the need to. A scientist that has looked at this sort of work is Peter Madsen, a colleague and sperm whale researcher from Denmark. Anton van Helden, Collection Manager Marine Mammals at Te Papa

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  • Watch out! The Spermwhale has tractor beam in it's head!

  • Damn nature, you scary !

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  • Nice. I love the calmness. I'm so tired of documentaries which are commented like an us-army-commercial, or an wrestling-fight.

  • this was amazing

    

  • @EpicEarn Because there is a waxy substance in their brains called spermaceti and throughout history it was is used to make things like candles and sope so they named it a sperm whale in short of spermaceti.

  • Spoiler: the 63 ton mammal wrecks the squids shit.

  • For its spermety organs

  • @EpicEarn Because it has a 30 foot dick and ejaculates enough sperm to fill a swimming pool :P Other than that it's a boring ass whale but gotta stick with what makes it special when naming animals :P

    Believe or not the Killer Whale...KILLS! D:

  • Hey umm i have a question why is it called a sperm whale?

  • this video sucks

  • so essentially, the Sperm Whale has a "Whale made" spy plane like feature to it that enables it to seek out the other sea creatures and thus getting its prey for the day

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