Sperm Whale Dives Exceed 2,000 Meters in Search of Giant Squid

This whale hunts deeper than many submarines can travel.

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Sperm whales produce some of the loudest biological sounds on the planet to echolocate in darkness.

Sperm whales are capable of diving beyond 2,000 meters and remaining submerged for over an hour while hunting deep-sea squid, including large species such as the colossal squid.

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At these depths, pressure surpasses 200 atmospheres, yet sperm whales tolerate it through collapsible lungs and oxygen-rich muscles that store vast reserves of myoglobin.

Their abyssal hunting expeditions link surface ecosystems to deep-ocean food webs, demonstrating how the largest toothed predators on Earth routinely operate in zones once considered biologically inaccessible to mammals.

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