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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 天前Why is it called that? Did the first one they ever see ejaculate at that moment or something?
minus-squareRattlerSix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·16 天前Wikipedia sez The name “sperm whale” is a clipping of “spermaceti whale”. Spermaceti, originally mistakenly identified as the whales’ semen, is the semi-liquid, waxy substance found within the whale’s head.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·15 天前Spermaceti sounds like a pasta dish.
minus-squareFlickerby@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 天前Good lord I don’t want to be invited to your dinner parties
minus-squareDeathray5@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 天前Good lord I want to be invited to your dinner parties
Why is it called that? Did the first one they ever see ejaculate at that moment or something?
Wikipedia sez
The name “sperm whale” is a clipping of “spermaceti whale”. Spermaceti, originally mistakenly identified as the whales’ semen, is the semi-liquid, waxy substance found within the whale’s head.
Spermaceti sounds like a pasta dish.
Good lord I don’t want to be invited to your dinner parties
Good lord I want to be invited to your dinner parties