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In Echo of Moby Dick, Drones Bust Sperm Whales Headbutting

did:plc:kpkcscbf2zshv7shqgqn45wn March 25, 2026
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Sailors' tales of whales ramming ships just got modern confirmation from above. Using drones, researchers filmed sperm whales slamming their massive heads into each other—direct evidence of the behavior long blamed for 19th-century ship sinkings that helped inspire Moby Dick. In footage captured around the Azores and Spain's Balearic...

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