Back to see the Sperm whale a few times and its good to see that it appears to be getting stronger.
I watched it for about 2.5 hours and although it spent all the time in the upper reaches of the voe it was alot more active, diving and stronger blows
Today is day 9, amazing its still there as it should be in deep water off to the west on the contential shelf. It eats squid but those monitoring the whale have said it perhaps hadn't eaten since coming into the voe, this is not uncommon.
They can dive down to 10,000 feet spending two hours on the dive, which is amazing.
Sperm Whales have the biggest head and brain on the planet. Their brains 5x times heavier than a humans.
They have occasionally attacked Killer Whales, none have been seen aound these parts for weeks, spending most of the time up north around Yell, Unst and the north mainland.
They can have a life span of 70 year so we are hoping it can get back out to sea and increase its chances of achieving an old age.
This whale has been estimated at around 45 feet long, but they can go up to nearly 70 feet long, with the head being a 1/3 of the size. Moby- Dick was said to be 85 feet long.
The blowhole is located to the left of the head and gives a distinctive blow that way, a good way to ID the whale.
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