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White scars on the sperm whales body are left from fighting giant squid.
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Sperm whales use echolocation to find their prey in the dark ocean.
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Sperm Whales eat about 3% of their body weight per day.
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Sperm whales can stay underwater up to 2 hours.
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Sperm whales can live for 80 years.
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The newborn sperm whale weighs just under a ton.
Drinking its mothers milk it can gain over 100 pounds per week
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A new born is 14 feet long when it is born,
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Male Sperm Whales can grow to be 50 feet long.
Females are slightly short at about 40 feet.
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Female sperm whales give birth once every 4 to 6 years.
Their gestation time is just under 12 months.
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Sperm whales have 20-26 pairs of teeth.
Each tooth can weigh over 2 pounds each.
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There spouting increases to 7 times per minute after a dive.
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Sperm whales spout about 3 to 5 times per minute at rest.
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Sperm whales have a large head.
Its head takes up nearly a third of its body length
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Sperm whale eat over a ton of squid everyday.
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The sperm whale can hold its breath for 2 hours.
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It takes the sperm whale just 10 minutes to dive 3300 feet.
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A sperm whales heart slows down as it dives deeper.
This is done to conserve oxygen.
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The sperm whale has a rib cage that collapses as the whale dives.
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The older a male sperm whale get the more time he spends alone.
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Female sperm whales are very social
Males keep to themselves except during mating.
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