5 Amazing Facts You Didn't Know About Sperm Whales

Welcome to this episode of Facts in Motion. Today we are going to take a look at one of the largest animals on the planet - Here are 5 facts you might not know about the sperm whale.
Hope you enjoy.

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[factsinmotion]

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 - something that I hadn't done before and so I didn't spend that much time researching. It was meant to be a quick dumb video to learn the animation process and no scientific masterpiece.
At that time, I felt I had to balance the "biggest brain" statement with something - so people don't think they are swimming geniuses - 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.

[thewarrior]

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

[Armidillodude]

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

[Kyoptic]

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.

[gerardbz]

Spermaceti sounds like an Italian dish

[sole]

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

[zennyfieldster]

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

[hadogenes]

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!

[nateroyer]

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

[nicolethomas]

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

[dee-dee]

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

[FEffort]

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

[mybluemars]

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

[wafulamasikaAbbottjesselove]

THIS WHALE SHITS GOLD. AND WAS STILL HUNTED DOWN FOR CANDLES.

THAT'S LIKE CONVERTING A GOLDMINE TO A BAR

[rarink]

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

[rmsb]

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.

[pete]

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

[jackievarughese]

I hope you talk about the Mosasaur in a future video

[SilentHobo]

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?

[yzm]

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.