whale, n.Trivia

The automotive industry used to use sperm whale oil to lubricate new cars until transmission fluid was invented

the Sperm Whale is the loudest animal on the planet. They are so loud that they can vibrate you to death

Bottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes

Marine mammals swim by moving their tails up and down, while fish swim by moving their tails left and right.

Humpback whales often give dolphins rides on their heads for fun

Beluga whales can mimic human speech, and have caused divers to inadvertently surface due to them mimicing commands to surface

Blue whales are able to produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected over 800 kilometers away

Sperm whales are the loudest animals on earth. Their click sounds can literally vibrate a human body to death.

Whales, when they die in cold waters, fall to the ocean floor creating their own ecosystem which can last for decades.

Humpback whales use bubbles to trap fish as if in a net

Blue whales are so massive that their tongue weighs more than most elephants.

There are whales alive today who were born before Moby Dick was written

In 2007, a Bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast was found to have a harpoon in it manufactured in Massachusetts around 1890, suggesting that the whale survived a hunt over a century ago.

By the time a whale dies, it will have absorbed 33 tons of carbon from the atmosphere and deposit it at the bottom of the ocean for centuries. In a lifetime, every whale is estimated to be worth about 2 million, based on their benefits to the environment.

Baby blue whales can consume up to 150 gallons of its mother's milk a day.

Blue whales have such large blood vessels that a human being could swim through them.

Whales have the slowest metabolism of all animals

Blue whales are heavy --- they can be as heavy as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses

Menopause is experienced by female humans, pilot whales and killer whales; it allows each to help their children survive into adulthood and—if they’re lucky—to act as grandmothers to the next generation

A group of sperm whales adopted a bottlenose dolphin with a spinal deformation, after it was lost from its own dolphin group.