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Rare Pygmy Sperm Whale Strands at Dockweiler Beach, Necropsy and Further Testing to Shed Light on Species Threats
This past weekend, the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles (MMCC) responded to a call on a rare pygmy sperm whale ...
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Scientists investigate a rare pygmy sperm whale stranding on Pismo Beach
California State Parks spotted the 10.5-foot whale on early Valentine's Day morning and alerted the Marine Mammal Center.
SC man agrees to plead guilty to selling sperm whale teeth and bones
A sperm whale’s tooth can weigh more than two pounds and they are illegally trafficked to be used as decorations and for carving.
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Oil, Spermaceti, Ambergris, and Teeth: Products of the Nineteenth-Century Pacific Sperm-Whaling Industry
Ellis, Richard. The Great Sperm Whale: A Natural History of the Ocean's Most Magnificent and Mysterious Creature. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2011. Frank, Stuart M. Ingenious Contrivances, ...