Sperm Whale

BC Cetacean Sightings Network species information

Sperm whale natural history and sounds

Sperm whale information from Royal BC Museum

Voices of the Sea website where you can hear the sounds of sperm whales, see the spectrogram of their sounds, see video clips and learn cool facts from scientists! Click on the sperm whale. 

Sound sample of “codas” (directional clicks) - from “Discovery of Sound in the Sea”

Articles about ambergris:

1. •“Strange but True: Whale Waste is Extremely Valuable”
   

2. •Ambergris update
   

3. •“Floating Gold: The Romance of Ambergris”
   

Video:

1. •Footage of a deep diving sperm whale taken from a remote operated vehicle on March 6th, 2006. 
   

2. •More sperm whale footage from the Ocean Channel
   

3. •Sperm whale video of depredation (taking fish off a long-line)