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More to the heads of sperm whales than Moby Dick & spermaceti

April 30, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Brains & culture The heads of sperm whales returned to the news on April 7,  2016,  long after they were last hunted for spermaceti,  the oily substance that was once burned as the leading source of artificial light. “It took Herman Melville 135 chapters to get to the part in his 1851 classic Moby Dick,”  wrote […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Right, Humane history, Marine life, Religion & philosophy, Science, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Hal Whitehead, Herman Melville, Karin Broulliard, Mauricio Cantor, Merritt Clifton, Moby Dick, Victor B. Scheffer

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