My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (by Dr Dean Lomax & published by Columbia University Press) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. "Victims of the Bloom" shows a mass stranding of baleen whales, sperm whales, seals, and fishes, caused by a toxic algal bloom.
Sperm whales have two nostrils, but unlike most animals, they are asymmetrically positioned. The left nostril is visible on the outside and forms the single blowhole used for breathing. The right nostril is hidden inside the whale’s massive head and is actually part of its complex echolocation system.
Thanks for sharing, The Guernsey Scientist !
Sperm Whale yesterday, #Waterford
#IWDG:
https://iwdg.ie/sperm-whale-in-waterford-estuary-march-25th-2025/
Largest Toothed Predator, 18 meters long, <57 Tons
Deep Diver: I3,000 meters
Huge Head and Brain
Powerful echolocation clicks, loudest animal
#speirgorm #whale #spermWhale #ireland #irish #dolphin #mastodaoine
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Holy CRAP!! 
Sperm whale in Prince William Sound near Valdez, Alaska. Photographer Todd Graven saw this guy yesterday and estimated his size at around 60 feet long. They don't usually go into PWS. The photo was taken by a drone. #Alaska #AlaskaSeaLife #SpermWhale #Ginormous
A sperm whale dives into the ocean depths to hunt squid near the southern tip of Mauritius, one of only three places where these huge creatures are residents all year round.
Taken with an underwater camera case.
Oops More Whales. This guy is a #spermwhale ! I really like how the weathering on this grey denim works.
#Spermwhale killed by ship in Strait of Gibraltar.
The Vocabulary of Sperm Whales
https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-vocabulary-of-sperm-whales.html
"Particular patterns of rhythm and tempo are more likely to be combined with rubato and/or extra clicks than others, and many potential patterns just aren't used at all. This also resembles the way that individual #phonemes are used in human #languages, with no #language containing every possible consonant... the researchers conclude that there are not just 21 'words' in the vocabulary of this particular #SpermWhale clan... there are 143."
Exploring the mysterious alphabet of sperm whales https://news.mit.edu/2024/csail-ceti-explores-sperm-whale-alphabet-0507
Contextual and combinatorial structure in #SpermWhale vocalisations https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47221-8
"the research shows that sperm #whales codas (short bursts of clicks) vary significantly in structure depending on the conversational context, revealing a communication system far more intricate than previously understood... akin to human #phonetics"
Whalefall is a beautiful novel by Daniel Kraus. Jay Gardiner vows to recover his father's remains from Carmel Bay, but gets caught in a life-or-death struggle between a giant squid and a sperm whale. Whalefall is the best hard SF, accessible literary novel I've ever read.
Sperm whale diving in the Azores last week - they dive up to 1000 metres.
#photography #whales #SpermWhale #ecotherapy #EcoPhotography
#Azores
Sperm whale diving in the Azores last week - they dive up to 1000 metres.
#photography #whales #SpermWhale #ecotherapy #EcoPhotography
#Azores
Schnell noch ein Lieblingsfoto...
Quickly another favorite
photo... by Artist: #PaulNicklen and
#CGMitty #CristinaGoettschMittermaier in Loc.: #Norway 
- Title: "Soursop" ( The #Whale ) - #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #Monochrome #Pottwal #Spermwhale #Sealegacy
#Photography #Fotografie 
#APhotoLove
