Whales are often nicknamed “the humidifiers of the Earth”. This indescribable meditation turned into a misty canopy, condensing on his enormous and soft head; and this mist was often highlighted by rainbows, and at that moment it seemed as if God had confirmed his thoughts.
Although it is the largest toothed whale in the world, the jaws of the sperm whale are very short and narrow. The lower jaw is sparsely furnished with conical teeth about 20 cm long, which resemble a lightning bolt from an animal. remote saw. Compared to its enormous body, these badly degraded teeth seem extremely small. The dark gray, wrinkled skin surrounds the sperm whale's blubber, which is more than ten centimeters thick. It often has strange circular stripes, which are marks left by the prey on its body.
As we all know, the main food of sperm whales is variouskinds of squid and cuttlefish. These prey, which weigh from a few hundred grams to several dozen kilograms, are descendants of prehistoric cephalopods, the kings that once occupied the top of the marine food chain. Taking on giants like Architeuthis and Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni requires a thrilling fight to the death, and the circular marks left by the giant suckers seem to silently tell the story of the battle.
The few horny squid beaks that were not spit out by the sperm whale entered the sperm whale's intestines after a long period of complex changes, they became the famous ambergris. Ambergris once became a valuable commodity for making spices, and the sperm whale gets its name.