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willpatrick | 09:30 Thu 10th Oct 2002 | Animals & Nature
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How did sperm whales get their name?
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Until the widesprad discovery of oil in the 19th century, sperm whale oil was used for just about all oily requirements, mostly in lamps. It stank really badly though and was obviously extremely difficult to get at not exactly in abundance compared to fossil fuels. Nantuket island was where most of it was processed and the whole place could be smelled from several miles out to sea
14:24 Thu 17th Oct 2002
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due to their diet of sperm from seals, ostrich and frogs
22:06 Sun 20th Oct 2002

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