While baleen whales make low frequency sounds, toothed whales make high-frequency sounds. Additionally, while baleen whales use sounds as communication, toothed whales use sound for hunting and navigating.[whale]
Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick, based his story on a real albino whale named Mocha Dick that sunk a whaling ship in 1820. The crew survived, but washed ashore on a island, where they had to resort to cannibalism.[whale]
A blue whale's cry can be louder than a jet engine and can last up to 30 seconds. The sperm whale actually is the loudest whale, at 230 decibels, but a sperm whale's sound lasts just 100 microseconds.[whale]
Sperm whale poo (ambergris) could potentially be worth about $10,000 per pound. It is most commonly found in expensive perfumes and musks.[whale]
Whales swim by moving their tails up and down in a vertical motion. In contrast, fish move their tails from side to side.[whale]
Although the blue whale is a deep-water hunter, as a mammal, it must come to the surface of the sea to breathe. When it surfaces, it exhales air out of a blowhole in a cloud of pressurized vapour that rises vertically above the water for up to 9m.[whale]
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