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Fortunately, the sperm whale (the whale species Moby-Dick was based on) wasn't hunted to extinction by the rapacious whaling industry so artfully portrayed in Hermann Melville's 19th century literary masterpiece "Moby-Dick". Though not numerous by anyone's standards, the sperm whale can still be found hunting the depths of the world's oceans for its favorite meal of giant squid.

The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest toothed animal in the world. It gained its name from the rich, milky-white substance, spermaceti, found in its head, which was mistaken for sperm.

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