Anatomy
--- has a huge brain that weighs
about 20 pounds
--- has a blowhole that is s-shaped and about 20 inches long
--- the blowhole is located on the left side of of the front if its huge head
--- the sperm whale has a 4-12 inch thick layer of blubber
--- produce ambergris, a dark, waxy substance (related to cholesterol) that is
produced in the lower intestines, and is sometimes found containing
squid beaks
--- ambergris may help protect the sperm whale from the stings on the giant squid,
its major food
--- the fictional Moby Dick was a sperm whale