Animal Olympians: Diving
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Uploaded by wildvisuals on Nov 19, 2008
Although the plunge for distance event is no longer on the Olympic program, it is contested daily in the animal kingdom. Able to hold its breath for nearly two hours, the sperm whale is the oceans deepest diver - making plunging descents of more than 3 kilometres. Second placed deep diver is the elephant seal. Reaching depths of 1500 metres it can stay submerged for 2 hours. Third ranking deep diver is the Weddel seal, reaching depths of 700 metres. It dives continually for about eleven hours but must spend up to thirteen hours recuperating on the ice.
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@vinkie35 what?
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naww at 1:35
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Chuck Norris dived down the Mariana Trench.
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The "Sperm" whale, wonder how it got it's name.
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get a life mate
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ROFL AHAHhahhahha
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no its not, theres a mucus like liquid on its head that resembles a "sperm-like" liquid, hence the name "sperm whale".
read books mate
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will it blend?
vinkie35 2 years ago 20
The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a species of marine mammal, a toothed whale with the largest brain of any animal. The whale was named after the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in its head and originally mistaken for sperm. The sperm whale is the only member of the genus Physeter, the synonym Physeter catodon refers to the same species. It is one of three living species in the sperm whale superfamily, the others being the Pygmy Sperm Whale and Dwarf Sperm Whale.
ih8v8s 2 years ago 13