Sperm Whale
(Physeter macrocephalus)
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![Photo of a Sperm Whale](/static/species/speciesinfo/spermwhale/images/sperm_whale_johanna_vollenweider_noaa.jpg)
A team of marine mammal experts perform a necropsy on a male sperm whale. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.