Information on the sperm whale

Beluga D. Today sperm whales are protected, and the population is close to ,, with 2, found in California waters. The Fossil Record. Give Joy! Although calves will eat solid food before one year of age, they continue to nurse for several years. Young adult males will leave female-led pods and form bachelor herds until they are able to compete in mating at about 20 years old. In particular, colonization of the Atlantic was revealed to have occurred multiple times during this expansion of their range.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. A medieval column capital sculpture depicting this was made in the 12th century in the abbey church in Mozac , France. Bibcode : Natur.