5 Amazing Facts You Didn't Know About Sperm Whales

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  • @Facts.inMotion
    @Facts.inMotion  7 років тому +707

    A lot of people commented on how the first point(intelligence) isn't exactly correct and I have to agree. This was my first video and I was more focused on figuring out the animation process - something that I hadn't done before - so the script was pretty carelessly thrown together.
    At that time, I felt I had to balance the "biggest brain" statement with something - to not make it sound that they are the smartest animals, to play it down a bit - so I just went with the EQ thing - but I think the way it came out made it seem like they are one of the dumbest animals, which ofc couldn't be further from the truth either. If I had to make this video now, I would do it a lot differently. But since this was my first video I still wanna keep it for nostalgia purposes - even tho I don't agree with everything I said. Hope that makes sense.

    • @WildBillCox13
      @WildBillCox13 7 років тому +32

      A fine first effort and I applaud you for it.

    • @Kyoptic
      @Kyoptic 7 років тому +16

      It was a great video! I hope I didn't' come across as harsh 0.0 It was a tiny thing, and the rest of the information was spot on!

    • @rakeshahire8703
      @rakeshahire8703 7 років тому +9

      Nice video bro..dont worry..

    • @KT-Buf69
      @KT-Buf69 7 років тому +5

      Facts in Motion thanks for explaining. I love your channel so far. I've subscribed.

    • @StitchOnAcid
      @StitchOnAcid 7 років тому +3

      Where do you get the musik i like it

  • @Kyoptic
    @Kyoptic 7 років тому +665

    Marine biologist here. Pretty good overall, but I have to oppose your implication that they're not highly intelligent animals. They demonstrate the ability to learn, are highly curious, very social and are one of the few species on the planet to demonstrably show animal culture.

    • @kingpotato7183
      @kingpotato7183 7 років тому +24

      animal culture?
      would you mind to elaborate

    • @Kyoptic
      @Kyoptic 7 років тому +220

      Sperm Whales have a typified set of vocal repertoires called Coda Clicks. These coda clicks vary, to an extent, across a geographic range (e.g. all the Mediterranean sperm whales have the same '3+1' Coda click - you can find recordings of these here on youtube). These coda clicks are used almost exclusively in social contexts.
      Now, what's interesting is that social groups that *don't* share coda clicks don't interact. Groups that do will sometimes socialize between themselves, but if two groups don't share a coda click, they don't interact - it seems therefore to act as a 'language barrier'.
      Sure, you say, a language barrier is one thing, where's the evidence for culture? Well, coda clicks are also linked to specific behaviors that are carried out by those groups - e.g defense and foraging strategies, among others. These behaviors are passed from generation to generation, and shared by groups with the same coda clicks! So Sperm whales have typified behaviors passed from generation to generation, that are linked not by geographic location or family lineage, but by the shared coda click repertoire. It's a simplistic but very interesting form of culture.

    • @lillycastitatis6807
      @lillycastitatis6807 7 років тому +54

      That is amazing I love whales and dolphins. Congrats for being a marine biologist it's a profession I did consider back when I was at school.

    • @zekiah2
      @zekiah2 7 років тому +4

      Question.
      I thought the spermaceti was used for buoyancy. Don't they melt the wax with body heat to increase buoyancy and let it solidify to dive?

    • @Kyoptic
      @Kyoptic 7 років тому +49

      Good question, and it's something that is still a possibility. What we do know for sure is that the spermaceti organ plays a role in sound transmission in the sperm whale, explained in a model known as the "bent horn hypothesis". Most odontoceti (toothed whales, dolphins) make clicks via an organ known as the phonic lips. These vibrate when air is pushed through them. The click sound is then transmitted through fatty tissue known as the 'melon' (responsible for the big bulge on the forehead of all toothed whales and dolphins), which acts like an acoustic "lens" for the sound, which the animals can then use to focus it on specific targets.
      Now, in most cetaceans these phonic lips are behind the melon. However, in the Sperm whale the phonic lips are right at the front of the nose and oriented "backwards". In them, the sound goes backwards *through* the spermaceti organ, bounces off an air filled cavity at the rear of the cranium, and only THEN goes through the melon of the sperm whale (often called the "junk" as it was useless to the whalers of old).
      From my reading it's been difficult to assess what the exact density of Spermaceti is when liquid or solid - I've seen several that disagree and I've not had the privilege of being able to do any experiments myself. What I can say is that if it became solid when diving, I suspect it would become a much worse at conducting sound, which the above evidence seems to indicate must be it's primary task.
      That's not to to say it doesn't play some role in buoyancy control, but in my opinion - as well as the general scientific consensus - it's primary role is acoustic.
      That said, I read a paper from 2015 that proposed a much more elaborate and amusing hypotheses for why the spermaceti organ exists - and why it's so big: what a waste of energy to grow! - were for use as a battering ram in male-male competition over females, hehe. Total BS IMHO, but there we go.

  • @Armidillodude
    @Armidillodude 7 років тому +593

    Kind of shame that this amazing animal has to have an awkward name. It makes it even worse that the name *came* from a mistake

    • @Whitebeard79outOfRus
      @Whitebeard79outOfRus 7 років тому +45

      Not in every language. In Russian, for example, we know it by its French name "Caсhalot" (which could also be funny in English as it is pronounced like "Cash alot" )))

    • @mertcoskun7382
      @mertcoskun7382 6 років тому +7

      I always thought that the way we call Sperm Whales in Turkey is pretty cool. We spell it as "İspermeçet"

    • @emilioarce4621
      @emilioarce4621 6 років тому +10

      Cachalote in Spanish

    • @hennesseyxi9449
      @hennesseyxi9449 6 років тому +6

      @@Whitebeard79outOfRus in spanish too is Cachalote

    • @sheilaarmenti5321
      @sheilaarmenti5321 6 років тому +1

      Mr. Spiff kind of like the killer whale.. they are dolphins and kill whales.

  • @gerardbz6183
    @gerardbz6183 7 років тому +1125

    Spermaceti sounds like an Italian dish

    • @Facts.inMotion
      @Facts.inMotion  7 років тому +146

      Funny and gross at the same time. You did a good job

    • @doinkfloink7560
      @doinkfloink7560 7 років тому +40

      I don't want to know what's in it

    • @This_Guy55
      @This_Guy55 7 років тому +41

      doink floink I think we both already know ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @yaboicryingseal5889
      @yaboicryingseal5889 7 років тому +1

      Corne Koorn ikr

    • @dejectd2972
      @dejectd2972 7 років тому +2

      Corne Koorn vermicelli 😂

  • @thewarrior4880
    @thewarrior4880 7 років тому +665

    "whalecum to this episode of facts in motion"... I saw what you did there 😂😂😂

  • @sole4452
    @sole4452 7 років тому +177

    Just something to think about. Recent studies have found that sperm whales are actually very intelligent with parts of the brain used for communication and independent thought bigger then humams

    • @WildBillCox13
      @WildBillCox13 7 років тому +19

      I'm with you there. There is underwater footage of a sperm whale stealing toothfish from a long line off the coast of Alaska. The care and precision with which it works this odd, low energy, game has to be seen to be fully appreciated.
      ua-cam.com/video/5panVo_3oVQ/v-deo.html
      We have a tendency to undervalue intelligence that does not result in hardware fabrication and usage of obvious tools. Sperm Whales and Elephants, particularly, have not been rated fairly in the west, specifically because we targeted them for profitable industry. Otherwise, they are quite bright, in their venue able to solve problems that would leave us scratching our heads. Animal intelligence is not in short supply, but our understanding of it is.

    • @izaac7777
      @izaac7777 5 років тому +3

      I was about to say that the first fact is already wrong.

    • @DCombz
      @DCombz 4 роки тому +6

      There's also that video of a group of sperm whales adopting a deformed dolphin that would have likely died without them since it can't keep up with normal dolphins and I think that's a huge demonstration of intelligence. Margaret Mead said that the earliest sign of civilization is a healed femur because it's the biggest bone in the body so if those sperm whales were able to help raise that dolphin with a severely deformed back what does that say?

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 2 роки тому

      Lies again? SAF SPF Squirt Water

    • @sole4452
      @sole4452 2 роки тому

      @@NazriB what

  • @zennyfieldster4220
    @zennyfieldster4220 7 років тому +221

    I can really see this channel taking off!!! Keep up the great work!!!

  • @dee-dee1382
    @dee-dee1382 7 років тому +234

    I can just imagine my mom throwing ambergris back into the ocean not knowing how much it's worth

    • @Facts.inMotion
      @Facts.inMotion  7 років тому +42

      Haha - sounds like a mom thing to do.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 7 років тому +23

      Be very careful the possession or sale of Ambergris is illegal in the US since the 1973 Endangered Species Act regardless if found naturally on beaches.
      So your mom made the correct choice.

    • @dilksjoel
      @dilksjoel 7 років тому

      Unneeded family insight

    • @AmelandVandaag
      @AmelandVandaag 6 років тому

      Ecomare on the island of Texel built a beautifull museum for the spermwhale that was payd with ambergris.

    • @deadchannel7089
      @deadchannel7089 6 років тому +1

      @@rejvaik00 My brain hurts after I read this

  • @hadogenes5049
    @hadogenes5049 7 років тому +5

    OMG thanks for being the first channel to have distinguished the difference between giant and colossal squid, almost every other channel that has done a video on anything relating giant squid have got it wrong. Great job!

  • @F4Effort
    @F4Effort 7 років тому +162

    Because of course we would use waxy whale poo to make high end perfumes. XD

    • @WildBillCox13
      @WildBillCox13 7 років тому +26

      "Humans are fixated on poop and genitals. And I'm out of cocaine again. Damn!" -Sigmund Freud.

    • @vacciniumaugustifolium1420
      @vacciniumaugustifolium1420 7 років тому

      Jake Furmaga the "whale poop" or grey amber worth his weight in gold, litteraly.

    • @Sterlingjob
      @Sterlingjob 7 років тому +3

      It’s vomit is it not?

    • @WildBillCox13
      @WildBillCox13 7 років тому +2

      We were taught the "acceptable" version of the story as children. It's pooh, all right.

    • @MrScateboy
      @MrScateboy 5 років тому

      Sterlingjob yeah I’m pretty sure it is

  • @nateroyer6247
    @nateroyer6247 7 років тому +6

    I love how you take your time. Makes your channel better than most

  • @yzm2065
    @yzm2065 7 років тому +54

    Now hold on a minute. While the value of ~230 dB produced by the sperm whale is true, that does NOT mean that that value should be interpreted the same way we interpret things in air. Thats why your example is flawed because it assumes that a comparison of sound between the Sperm Whale's clicks and a jet engine are on an even playing field when they absolutely are not. Water is significantly denser than air so sound levels will feel significantly suppressed even if the measurement is the same. Also, the standard "baseline" for sound is different in air than in water, which also increases this disparity.

    • @atl3630
      @atl3630 7 років тому +4

      Yiorgio Mathioudakis divers have been literally knocked unconscious underwater after being blast by a whales song or clicks. It's fooking loud man. Jet engine doesn't know you out.

    • @blakebrockhaus347
      @blakebrockhaus347 6 років тому +4

      atl3630 yeah, but a saturn v launch is 220 and that ignites grass a mile away due to the sound alone. If you were hit point blank by something that loud in the air you would be obliterated.

    • @DW-vl2wi
      @DW-vl2wi 6 років тому +1

      Alan Brockhaus Actually a grenade is much worse in water because of increased density, same with sound.

    • @howyoulookrightnow5897
      @howyoulookrightnow5897 6 років тому

      Just know if you take the full force of 210+ decibels it is completely possible to die on spot

    • @timax4114
      @timax4114 5 років тому

      Divers have been paralyzed by the clicks of the sperm whale

  • @mybluemars
    @mybluemars 7 років тому +52

    I don't buy the relative brain size mumbo jumbo. It is known that whales have a complex language and they are relatively smart.

    • @tibinicle
      @tibinicle 6 років тому +3

      Matt Bruce actually, whales won the space race

  • @nicolethomas2893
    @nicolethomas2893 7 років тому +64

    Just subscribed, really enjoyed this and hope the channel takes off!

  • @rarink123
    @rarink123 7 років тому +6

    Man the animation looks nice. I cnt even imagine how long it took to make this! Great video!

  • @wafulamasikaAbbottjesselove
    @wafulamasikaAbbottjesselove 6 років тому +12

    THIS WHALE SHITS GOLD. AND WAS STILL HUNTED DOWN FOR CANDLES.
    THAT'S LIKE CONVERTING A GOLDMINE TO A BAR

  • @pete2389
    @pete2389 7 років тому +18

    Why are Sperm Whales never credited as the largest carnivorous animal on earth?

    • @drteatrex2719
      @drteatrex2719 3 роки тому +2

      Blue whales are the largest predators, they are a predator of krill I guess

    • @pete2389
      @pete2389 3 роки тому +1

      @@drteatrex2719 True, I forgot they eat meat

    • @killgoretrout9000
      @killgoretrout9000 2 роки тому

      Because blue whales are bigger

    • @StoneGone
      @StoneGone 2 роки тому +1

      They are considered the largest carnivore on earth by most scientists.

    • @pete2389
      @pete2389 2 роки тому

      @@StoneGone since the other reply is deleted: blue whales are carnivorous

  • @jackievarughese3945
    @jackievarughese3945 7 років тому +39

    I hope you talk about the Mosasaur in a future video

  • @rmsb1984
    @rmsb1984 7 років тому +15

    The brain to body weight ratio to distinguish intelligence is the most inaccurate logic people can come up with. Shrew is not the most intelligent creature and definitely not more intelligent than humans despite the fact it has one of the most, if not the most, highest brain to body ratio. Elephants have lower brain to body ratio than shrew even to a mouse but most scientific communities accept elephants as one of the most intelligent mamalls base on how they socialize, solve a problem and even remember things, such as locations they visit to mourne their deceased.

  • @erezheisenberg7701
    @erezheisenberg7701 7 років тому +3

    Wow! U gain 1k subs in one day! Amazing, this channel is blowing up really quick.

  • @doublebass3858
    @doublebass3858 7 років тому +110

    Here before 1m subs

    • @bjornsmit3313
      @bjornsmit3313 7 років тому +3

      Its gonna take a very long time

    • @moresothanyou
      @moresothanyou 7 років тому

      Bjorn Smit probably gonna take several month, I'll give it 7-8 month

    • @tijojose7966
      @tijojose7966 7 років тому

      Me too. There are currently over 64,000 subscribers. [December 28th 2017]

    • @yourownpersonalexistential2470
      @yourownpersonalexistential2470 7 років тому

      Costello the Squid well duh Facts doesn’t even have 100 thousand yet.

    • @metallicarequiem2936
      @metallicarequiem2936 7 років тому

      1 meter?

  • @marcopohl4875
    @marcopohl4875 3 місяці тому +1

    0:29 It always astounds me that this tiny brain is the biggest in the animal kingdom, really puts the rest of the body into perspective!

  • @SilentHobo
    @SilentHobo 7 років тому +7

    How can you make the statement that these animals "aren't particularly intelligent" if they can talk to each other from across the planet and accent a thousand distinct micro clicks per second?

  • @Blazin_Tundra
    @Blazin_Tundra 7 років тому +2

    You earned a new sub:)

  • @nicoleleah9734
    @nicoleleah9734 7 років тому +18

    Okay. Pack your bags! We're going out hunting sperm whale crap!

  • @roberth.goddardthefatherof6376
    @roberth.goddardthefatherof6376 7 років тому +5

    Cool little channel you've got here, it's bound to reach 100k subs within a year.

  • @wcshadoww
    @wcshadoww 7 років тому +85

    Well im going to a unknown island to go hunt some whale shit

  • @guydives1246
    @guydives1246 7 років тому +1

    facts about colossal squid, great vid as always!

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 4 роки тому +3

    Have been watching all your videos and enjoyed this early one. One more fact for you: they're called capodoglio in Italian (oil-head, which is pretty self-evident as names go).

  • @xenobyteedm9761
    @xenobyteedm9761 7 років тому +56

    That's some expensive shit!!

  • @bodinmagosson
    @bodinmagosson 7 років тому +23

    German accent?

  • @otakuka3077
    @otakuka3077 7 років тому +1

    Subscribed. Nice and compact information. Easy to follow animations. Keep going sir. I hope this channel keeps growing!

  • @Maurice_Moss
    @Maurice_Moss 7 років тому +4

    spermaceti is thought to also help with buoyancy, as the density of it can be controlled by the whale, which helps it drive and return to the surface. It's like wax, and melts at body temperature, hence why it was in such demand for candles etc

  • @xbpbat21x
    @xbpbat21x 6 років тому +2

    Facts without research...awesome.

  • @dyland5847
    @dyland5847 7 років тому +7

    Nice video, but there is plenty of evidence that sperm whales, like other cetaceans, are highly intelligent despite their brain to body ratio. Particularly the limbic system, which deals with emotions and higher functions associated with conscious creatures, is highly developed and much larger than a humans, proportionally to the rest of the brain. They also have an entire lobe we lack called the paralimbic.
    So sperm whales are highly intelligent and emotional animals.

  • @emilybehnke8004
    @emilybehnke8004 7 років тому

    Great video. You gained a subscriber !

  • @jonn443
    @jonn443 5 років тому +9

    This guy sounds like the personal assistant of Keyser Soze.

  • @hamidkhan262
    @hamidkhan262 7 років тому

    Overall a nice video. The last fact was superb. All the best.

  • @sequalsr2550
    @sequalsr2550 4 роки тому +6

    One animal's shit is gold for another animal.

  • @احمدالجهني-ه1ح4د
    @احمدالجهني-ه1ح4د 7 років тому

    Hey just here before milion of viewers and subs ..
    Just to say great info and awesome video keep up the good work

  • @brianaisawesome6580
    @brianaisawesome6580 7 років тому +10

    Many people who study them believe them to be much more intelligent. Hmmm

  • @redpower6956
    @redpower6956 4 роки тому

    Amazing video! Please keep making these incredible videos.

  • @stephenwaldron4213
    @stephenwaldron4213 7 років тому +6

    "Ooh, is that a new parfum you are wearing, how lovely. You have to tell me what fragrance it is! Is it lavender? Perhaps a rare and exotic traditional oriental musk?"
    "Sperm whale shit"

  • @deomapile1721
    @deomapile1721 7 років тому

    I love the style of the videos you make keep it up
    #Subscribed

  • @jorgelegarreta8249
    @jorgelegarreta8249 7 років тому +5

    Do a video about squids

  • @tabz2489
    @tabz2489 7 років тому

    Keep this up. Ur animation is good and simple.
    Very educational.

  • @cbmedia6850
    @cbmedia6850 7 років тому +3

    Do a video on 5 facts about blue whales

    • @shaunapinnock7303
      @shaunapinnock7303 6 років тому

      crystal pepsi , Then, Humpies, please! ❤️😍🐳🐋

  • @TheJaysteven
    @TheJaysteven 7 років тому

    do you self animate these ? love the videos man ! subbed

    • @Facts.inMotion
      @Facts.inMotion  7 років тому +3

      Yup. Have to do everything on my own. Which is also why I cant upload that frequently. Try to do it once a week but in reality its more like once every 10 days or so.
      And thanks ; )

  • @genehakman9422
    @genehakman9422 7 років тому +6

    Ok video, but I just watched a video by a marine biologist who was talking about how highly developed their brain is and how intelligent they are - the opposite of your #1. Hell, anyone who's read Moby Dick knows that.

    • @Arcsecant
      @Arcsecant 7 років тому

      Gene Hakman Very intelligent like open a bank account intelligent, or intelligent like a cow of the Sea?

    • @genehakman9422
      @genehakman9422 7 років тому +4

      Arcsecant more like the pig of the sea - pigs are highly intelligent. Is opening a bank account something that you are personally proud of yourself for doing?

    • @Arcsecant
      @Arcsecant 7 років тому

      Gene Hakman Pigs are highly intelligent like solve a Rubik's cube, or highly intelligent like people who comment how intelligent pigs are?

    • @genehakman9422
      @genehakman9422 7 років тому +3

      Arcsecant intelligent like someone commenting on the comments of other peoples' farm animal comments. They are also an outstanding fuck if you have time when not commenting on other people's comments.

    • @Arcsecant
      @Arcsecant 7 років тому

      Gene Hakman Intelligent like me!? That *is* intelligent. I understand now. Thank you, may you have strong wishes!

  • @mooneagle31
    @mooneagle31 7 років тому

    Great work man

  • @golisopodsunandmoon5737
    @golisopodsunandmoon5737 7 років тому +11

    So sperm whales swim and sperm cells swim?
    Nice

  • @VP-qe2qe
    @VP-qe2qe 7 років тому

    Your voice is so calming

  • @antonwesley1078
    @antonwesley1078 4 роки тому +4

    #2) So it's exactly what you think

  • @Syngrafer
    @Syngrafer 6 років тому

    What's the song that starts at 00:18? I've tried scouring through your links, and I couldn't find it.

  • @ภูมิสิทธิสมวงศ์

    Decibel should be "dB".

  • @johnnydepp235
    @johnnydepp235 7 років тому

    Amazing video.

  • @CriticalGamingYT143
    @CriticalGamingYT143 7 років тому +15

    Now they can 5000 m deep

  • @marlineharrold1937
    @marlineharrold1937 6 років тому

    Thanks a lot for this. 😃

  • @theangryslav9115
    @theangryslav9115 7 років тому +9

    5.7 k subs? pffft.

  • @shaunapinnock7303
    @shaunapinnock7303 6 років тому

    I really enjoyed this video! It’s a breath of fresh air. I just love your presentation! ❤️💯

  • @biharibabu9141
    @biharibabu9141 7 років тому +4

    Wow literally shitting money , good for you fish.

  • @theantisocial1-
    @theantisocial1- 5 років тому

    A few of these facts contradict some of my personal research butt good job 👍🏼

  • @jermaine6005
    @jermaine6005 7 років тому +3

    the 1st fact was very wrong and very bad

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 7 років тому +1

    Loved the scale graphic between whale, prey, and human.

  • @KhoaLe-uc2ny
    @KhoaLe-uc2ny 7 років тому +4

    Do they fertile egg whales?

    • @jackievarughese3945
      @jackievarughese3945 7 років тому

      Việt Khoa Lê What do you mean ?

    • @KhoaLe-uc2ny
      @KhoaLe-uc2ny 7 років тому

      TheJackie Varughese learn basic biology sonny.

    • @jackievarughese3945
      @jackievarughese3945 7 років тому +2

      Việt Khoa Lê The way you worded it doesn't make sense bro

    • @eriktran9682
      @eriktran9682 7 років тому

      Việt Khoa Lê learn basic spelling sonny

    • @KhoaLe-uc2ny
      @KhoaLe-uc2ny 7 років тому

      Erik Tran there I’ve fixed it now leave me alone.

  • @siddhantasahoo7640
    @siddhantasahoo7640 7 років тому

    great work

  • @Joseph-zn7vo
    @Joseph-zn7vo 7 років тому +6

    First

  • @mohitvishnoi3734
    @mohitvishnoi3734 4 роки тому

    What's the title of the music at 4:28 ?

  • @one-of-us9939
    @one-of-us9939 5 років тому

    Thank you... I learned today!

  • @coryrowe1695
    @coryrowe1695 6 років тому +1

    This guy's voice. 😂 It's great.

  • @jessliedelacruz6969
    @jessliedelacruz6969 7 років тому

    Can you do a 10 facts about Helicoprion sharks

  • @damirces
    @damirces Рік тому +1

    I was watching another video about them and was also interesting fact that when they're sleeping they positioning themselves vertically and sleep very shortly less then one hour. The picture of them was really amazing while they are doing that...

  • @TheSoloist1Alone
    @TheSoloist1Alone 3 роки тому +1

    I’m so intrigued by this animal, I don’t know why🤷🏾‍♂️🙏🏾💯

  • @riekumar6999
    @riekumar6999 7 років тому

    This channel will hit 1m subs in no time.

  • @darkdragon1194
    @darkdragon1194 6 років тому +1

    Also want to point out that sound in water is measured differently than sound in air. So if you were to convert the 230db to db in air it would be somewhere around 180

  • @crazypolite
    @crazypolite 6 років тому +1

    The spermaceti's function is that the whale solidifies it (more or less) when descending. It makes them sink faster

  • @FiddleWiddle
    @FiddleWiddle 7 років тому

    I've learned a lot from your channel

  • @Lubna12316
    @Lubna12316 Рік тому +1

    Very interesting

  • @bella_iris
    @bella_iris 5 років тому

    I really enjoy the narrator's voice.

  • @DannleChannel
    @DannleChannel 6 років тому +1

    Since this is a factual, scientific video, I have to point out something about the representation of a sperm whale in the artwork and animation: sperm whales don't have teeth in their upper jaw; the only have teeth in the lower jaw, which fit into corresponding sockets in the upper jaw.

  • @zekiah2
    @zekiah2 7 років тому +2

    The spermaceti is used to affect buoyancy as the wax sinks when solid and floats when liquid. The the melting point is low enough that the whales can melt it with their body heat. This allows the whales to swim from deep ocean to the surface without rupturing a gas filled swim blatter.

  • @nerdomatic2489
    @nerdomatic2489 6 років тому +2

    "Nice voice and I knew all of these... They boring--"
    *Ambergris Grey Amber is said to be worth from 10,000 to 100,000 dollars*
    "Okay I got my scuba suit - Time to go searching for Sperm Whale dumps!"

  • @AD-gs3dl
    @AD-gs3dl 6 років тому

    you make realley cool stuff and are u from germany ? hi from germany. but you have to put a bit more emotion in your voice. than they can more focus on you during they do other stuff whil they watching you like smartphone texting and on

  • @noblelement
    @noblelement 5 років тому +1

    "if you have the misfortune of standing next to a j̶e̶t̶ ̶e̶n̶g̶i̶n̶e̶, Moluccan Cockatoo, you'd only experience a 150dB sound."

  • @macoycoolgaming531
    @macoycoolgaming531 7 років тому

    Facts in motion did yoo create those thumbnails?

  • @kevinhartmemes3821
    @kevinhartmemes3821 6 років тому +2

    Another thing about sperm whales, and another thing that is now known about sleeper sharks

  • @mitchellhogg4627
    @mitchellhogg4627 6 років тому

    Germans and Austrians are the Kings of explaining things...I cant think of a more satisfying accent...

  • @WilAdams
    @WilAdams 7 років тому

    I knew them all. However, your presentation was soothing.

  • @CrispyMuffin2
    @CrispyMuffin2 6 років тому +1

    whoever managed to give that species the name 'Sperm Whale' must have been so fucking proud of himself for actually getting away with it

  • @niklastorshagen6365
    @niklastorshagen6365 3 роки тому +1

    It's incredible to me how those jaws looks so useless, but apparently are very effective

  • @benlaskowski357
    @benlaskowski357 4 роки тому

    The most expensive dump in the world. THAT joke had me rolling!!!

  • @عليابراهيم-ذ3ن
    @عليابراهيم-ذ3ن 6 років тому

    Good but if there no music it would be better

  • @bryann3305
    @bryann3305 6 років тому

    I like the accent and the way the narrator speak

  • @Midnight_Snakk
    @Midnight_Snakk 5 років тому

    I could fall asleep whilst listening to this.

  • @yukiecyrus7385
    @yukiecyrus7385 5 років тому

    Men i love you jazz music background!

  • @_8shipo589
    @_8shipo589 7 років тому

    Can u do facts about some games pls

  • @nikmikhaylov6096
    @nikmikhaylov6096 5 років тому +1

    Well technically it's the loudest. There is an arthropod (pistol shrimp i think) which can go all the way up to 250 db. Just a little correction.

  • @johnstewart8849
    @johnstewart8849 5 років тому

    Do you have video of an ambergris “swimming in the ocean?”

  • @GeneralWagner
    @GeneralWagner 6 років тому

    as far I remember, the Mig-31 sound is above 250 DB... is much more than a couple of f-16. is basically a constant bomb blast

  • @justdoit3708
    @justdoit3708 7 років тому

    more plz😋