The Insane Biology of: The Sperm Whale

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Special Thanks To:
Dr. Joy Reidenberg
Susan Bird
Tom Mustill - and be sure to check out his new book How to Speak Whale
https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/tom-mustill/how-to-speak-whale/9781538739136/

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References:
[1] https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/sperm-whale
[2] http://www.biosciences-labs.bham.ac.uk/butler/Lewis/UDivers.pdf
[3] https://www.orcaireland.org/deep-diving-adaptations-in-the-sperm-whale
[4] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn3315
[5] https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/ocean-depths/pressure/compare-contrast-connect-deep-divers#:~:text=The%20sperm%20whale%2C%20which%20holds,contain%20into%20a%20small%20space.
[6] http://www.eurocbc.org/Gas-bubble%20lesions%20in%20stranded%20cetaceans.pdf
[7] https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/saltwater-science/do_whales_suffer_from_decompression/
[8] https://wildwhales.org/speciesid/whales/sperm-whale/
[9] https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/133/4/990/6263583?login=false
[10] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774244/
[11] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0244204
[12] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0030