10 Interesting Facts About Sperm Whales 

This is a very, very well done video as someone who's a 4th-year biology major and a cetacean enthusiast. Sperm whales are my favorite animal. However, on the sexual dimorphism section there's a minor error I want to correct. This video is correct regarding some of the masses, but the lengths could use some adjustments. So at this point 6:25 12 meters wouldn't be ''average'' for a female sperm whale, that would be closer to the maximum sizes for females. The average for females is closer to 10-11 meters, but that's honestly not a big deal compared to the range of sizes for males. There are some records insisting on females approaching male-like sizes of over 15+ meters, but that's liable to be a misidentification of the sex. The mass is fine, as females having been recorded ranging from 10-20 tonnes. I'm actually gonna skip the ''average male'', and move on to the maximum size, because there's some important stuff I want to get across. The largest male reliably measured was indeed about 21 meters, as a bull caught off the Kuril Islands in 1950 was 20.7 meters. We even have physical evidence of other males of similar size as some museums own sperm whale jawbones over 5 meters in length, which would correspond to whales of over 20 meters. The issue here, which is something that unfortunately happens a lot when reporting maximum morphometric data on whales, is that the maximum length and weight don't correspond to the same individual. Weighing whales was a big hassle for whalers, so not every whale was weighed, especially the largest ones. The sperm whale that weighed 57 metric tonnes was an 18.1 meter sperm whale. A similar situation is true for other whales, as the heaviest blue whale to be weighed was only 27.6 meters and the heaviest fin whale was about 22.7 meters, both below the maximum known lengths. Furthermore, the largest whales were weighed piecemeal, and fluid loss would result in a 10% loss for sperm whales ( comparative studies on smaller sperm whales have found underestimations as large as 15% from piecemeal weighings). So the sperm whale that weighed 57 tonnes piecemeal likely weighed 63 tonnes while intact. A 20.7-meter whale would weigh around 80 tonnes. Now as for the ''average'' male, even 18 meters would be exceptional for a physically mature sperm whale. On average, a physically mature sperm whale would be 16-meters, which amazingly takes around 50 years of its life to reach. This video is correct, however, that an average physically mature male would be about 42 metric tons. Now outside of all of this, this video was pretty great, easy to recommend.

My girlfriends face when she realized her perfume has ambergris in it was priceless after I showed her this video lol

Normal People: Sperm Whale Me, an intellectual: Semen Cetacean

5:41 Did anyone else notice Nemo, Dory and Marlin?

It makes sense that sperm whales have the largest brain in the animal kingdom - their scientific name is 'Macrocephalus', which translates as 'big head'. It almost sounds like a playground insult... "hey, big head!"

Three more fun facts: 1) Sperm Whale's echolocation is omnidirectional and can also be narrowed down to a precise beam. 2) Sperm Whale's echolocation is so powerful, that when researches swam with a pod, they could feel the echolocation clicks pounding throughout their entire body. In only a couple of minutes, their core temperatures increased by 3 degrees F. 3) Sperm Whales, like Humpback Whales, Southern Right Whales, and Gray Whales; are exceptionally inquisitive of and friendly towards humans.

So there are Sperm Whale relatives that produce ink? The more you know, eh?

I’m amazed by the fact of the ink-producing abilities of the smaller Physeteroideans. How long have we known that? Convergent evolution is always awesome!

1:29 I have never in my 31 years of being on this earth Have ever heard of or even knew of a pygmy and dwarf sperm whale this is the 1st time in my life I've ever heard of those. Not even on Blue Planet do I ever recall one being mentioned Great Video!

One sperm whale got teleported in an alien planet with a bowl of petunias.

5:52 Dory, Marlin and Nemo drifted off and managed to get a cameo on this video

Hello everybody! This video took longer than I initially anticipated, and I hope the wait was worth it. As usual, all sources I used for the video are listed in the description. Sperm whales are truly fascinating animals, and I hope that the ten facts I present here encourage people to learn more! Let me know what your favorite fact is, and be sure to checkout these videos for a more detailed look into ambergris and how it is formed: ►ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FhUNYWHibqs.html (My favorite :3 ) ►ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vN1brVnlBZU.html ►ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--zFl79CCjTM.html

Good to see this channel again, especially on the topic of sperm whales. The evolution of the animals is especially interesting.

This channel may only have two videos as of now, but I can tell it’s going places.

Basically back when SharkZilla was a thing, some whale had to use creative mode to get some interesting modifications to make they either faster,stronger or cooler and the Killer Sprem Whale,chose the stornger route,but when it and SharZilla went extinct,the Sperm Whale was still a strong and cool whale,but not as terrifying as the Killer Sprem Whale. Also beautiful animation.

Not even 8 minutes in this video and hit subscribe, the dude really gives valuable and intriguing info

The Sperm Whale is smart enough to build a cobblestone generator in one episode

For some reason, everything else about Sperm Whales just makes me think "yep, that's just how they do it", but somehow, them sleeping vertically in a floating ring just weirds me out immensely.

That was genuinely a very well produced mini documentary. Thank you. Subscribed. Awesome.

thank you for covering this topic; I've always wondered how sperm whales ended up so different from their other cetacean family members

I like how you include scars on the designs that’s something pretty much all document and Hollywood movies seem to lack

Who knew whale poop can cost more than gold? Good video as always, Calico! I love that you talked about the sperm whale’s evolution along with how the animal gained the “sperm” part of its name. Any plans for future Prehistoric Kingdom videos?

That animation of the pod of sperm whales taking a nap has got to be one of the most adorable things I've seen. 😍

Def worth the wait for the video ! Can't wait for the next one!

Absolutely fantastic content! Thank you so much ☺️

Really enjoying the art style and animation! Great work!

Your animations keep getting better! Looking forward to the next vid

The Fountain Of lamneth: I catch the scent of ambergris And turn my head, surprised My gaze is caught and held And I am helpless, mesmerized

Awesome!!! Thank you! I'm so glad to be here.

First off, love the subtle “Finding Nemo” reference XD Second off, I’m glad you’re finally back! I’ve been waiting to see what you’ll make next and, man, was it worth it! Can’t wait for your next video! If you have nothing already planned, do you think you can do one on Giant/Colossal squid or octopuses?

Interesting video man, love the artstyle

This video just made my day better.

Awesome video, great art and writing and what a topic! 7% wow I guess it's time to nail my bed to the wall

They all look so happy! It is adorable

Him:Sperm whales have the biggest brain. Me: *BBBIIIIGGGGG* *BBBRRRAAAAIIIINNNNN*

hell yeah your back

haters be damned. Natures Compendium is BACK BABY

Excellent video dude !

I just gathered so much knowledge! Well done 😏

Great and interesting information . Thank you

It's amazing how this guy has been around for 3 years but he does all the art and editing himself. Yeah he maybe makes 3 videos a year or so but it's amazing what he made so I hit subscribed for that dedicated man for his drive.

Subscribing before the channel blows up.

Great video! I think the writing and pacing of this script and your voice are majorly improved from your first video, which was good, but felt a little clunky and fell into some typical pitfalls that you see when someone first starts presenting content. Awesome job!

About 25 years ago in France I was offered to try some scrambled eggs with a tiny amount of ambergris shaved on top. It cost $75. But I wasn't the one paying, so I said sure, why not? I actually liked it very much. To this day, every time I hear the word ambergris, I crave scrambled eggs.

How do you only have 12k subs, you deserve at least a mil

Keep making videos and animations love learning

This guy needs a collab with Tier Zoo

whoa that was way more interesting than i had expected

New video, aaaahhh! This is a good day

I wish there were more quality channels like your who teach well researched content. It's shame most people watch channels like Bright side, Infographics and Business insider who constantly spread loads of misinformation. You deserve a lot more views.

Like the details of review, new to channel.

Excellent video

great vid. thanks

Great video NC!

Loved those whale facts, you can have my 3 diamonds

Very informative. More videos please.

Very interesting, did not know this about sperm whales

Lol, next time I smile perfume, I'm going to think of whale poop. Can't un-learn that. Lol 😂

Best channel on RU-vid!!!

One slight correction, crude oil had been discovered centuries before industrial whaling, but no one had found a way to process it into useful fuel and other materials. It was often found in salt mining but was thrown out as no one had use for crude oil at the time.

Love this video!

Giant Squids are scary for us, but imagine how scary it is for them down there. It's basically: *Click sound* Giant/Collosal Squids: OH FUCK NO! *Swims away as fast as possible*

That's pretty neat

Great vid. Amazing creatures. Glad they`re not kept in Sea World to perform tricks for food !!

Very interesting

as a sperm whale lover this is a great detailed video

It took me so long to realize what was so funny about the whale's name. Had I known earlier, I would've cracked a joke about it while my elementary school class was watching a Wild Kratts episode about the animal and would've gotten a big scolding.

Plz make more vids like this animated

6:00 nice easter egg

Tharapist: Front facing Sperm Whales aren't real. They can't hurt you. Front facing Sperm Whales: 0:11

I knew most of this except #7, that’s extremely bizarre tbh ^^

Lovely,wild facts on the sperm whale.

You could try on doing something similar with Carcharocles megalodon

Great Pixar cameo at 6:00!

6:00 Marlin, Nemo & Dory just passing through

Ooooh. How nice

11: they have a WAY better alternative name; "Blackwhale"

Long time we no see

Nice :D

God damnit it you just earned a bloody subcriber 😃

Ooh! Do a video on ten facts about painted wolves (also called African wild dogs) please!

Sperm whale is my favorite cetacean , then comes the pipined the walrus. XD

1:35 Whales with "ink"? Nice to learn something new. BTW nice easter egg at 6:00.

Nat Geo should have hired you by now

wait, is this the channel with prehistoric kingdom updates and such? where are those videos?

6:02 Finding Nemo

For shark week, pls do a video on squalicorax

This is big brain time

I would play a whale fighting game

This is an actual sea monster living today in our waters if you think about it. It may not have been as aggressive or as carnivorous as leviathan, but fuck this whale terrifies me

Zygophyseter looks like a bottlenose or Baird’s/Arnoux’s beaked whale.

What do you guys use for the art/animation it is so crisp

So perfume is made from whale poo, that's why my nose rejects it.

0:42 Mr. Akbar, what's the significance of the asymmetrical snout? I read that it's common for toothed whales, since it helps with directional detection during echolocation. Also, I think it'd be helpful to add size estimates for species featured in future videos! :)

So many interesting things about nature’s largest predator

Wowwwwww ssooo cooooooool

do you guys saw dorry and nemos dad and also nemo?

Why does this channel only have a couple thousand subscribers? :/

I'm a simple man... i see a video that isn't 10:0* in length, i click.

I've loved these animals since I watched Moby Dick from 1956