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The '''sperm whale''' is the [[List_of_creatures_by_adult_size#end_of_list|largest "normal" creature]] in the game, as in one that you actually see in the real world, and produces A LOT of products when butchered. It can be captured with a [[drowning chamber|fish-catching chamber]] and then air-drowned; out of the water a sperm whale will turn into a corpse relatively quickly. The products of an average sperm whale can feed an entire fortress of dwarves (all 200 of them) for just over a year, making it an enormous boon if you manage to catch one, providing an enormous food surplus and months of work for your [[bone carver]]s. Occasionally sperm whales will [[beaching|beach]] themselves on the shoreline, leaving a corpse ready for butchering by lucky dwarves.


[[File:sperm.jpg|thumb|center|400px|[[preference|Admired]] for its ''vengeful nature'' and its ''teeth''.]]

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-'''Sperm whales''' are colossal [[aquatic]] [[creature]]s who can be found in any [[ocean]] [[biome]], always appearing individually. They are the [[List of creatures by adult size#end_of_list|largest mundane creatures]] in the game, as massive as an adult [[dragon]] and only surpassed in total size by some [[savage]] [[giant animal|giants]]. In comparison, a [[dwarf]] is 416 times smaller. An infant sperm whale is called a ''sperm whale calf''.
-Being fully-sized creatures rather than [[vermin]], the only way to fish sperm whales is to trap them on land, typically with the use of a [[drowning chamber]], though they may occasionally [[Beaching|beach]] themselves to death by their own volition. The products of an average sperm whale can feed an entire fortress of dwarves (all 200 of them) for just over a year, making it an enormous boon if you manage to catch one, providing an enormous food surplus and months of work for your [[bone carver]]s.  If you want to attempt this, be sure to put your butcher's workshop near the beach.
+The '''sperm whale''' is the [[List_of_creatures_by_adult_size#end_of_list|largest "normal" creature]] in the game, as in one that you actually see in the real world, and produces A LOT of products when butchered. It can be captured with a [[drowning chamber|fish-catching chamber]] and then air-drowned; out of the water a sperm whale will turn into a corpse relatively quickly. The products of an average sperm whale can feed an entire fortress of dwarves (all 200 of them) for just over a year, making it an enormous boon if you manage to catch one, providing an enormous food surplus and months of work for your [[bone carver]]s. Occasionally sperm whales will [[beaching|beach]] themselves on the shoreline, leaving a corpse ready for butchering by lucky dwarves.
-Sperm whales are rarely (1/101 chance) born with [[wikipedia:Moby-Dick|white]] instead of grey skin.
-Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] sperm whales for their ''teeth'' and their ''[[wikipedia:Moby-Dick|vengeful nature]]''.
+[[File:sperm.jpg|thumb|center|400px|[[preference|Admired]] for its ''vengeful nature'' and its ''teeth''.]]
-[[File:Mother and baby sperm whale.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Admired for its ''teeth''.]]
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-The reason why beached whales drown, in defiance of their mammalian nature, is not sufficiently established. It is possible that the stress of the situation causes a spontaneous and fatal swelling of the tissue surrounding the blowhole. Alternatively, they may be committing suicide, as dolphins have been observed to do, to avoid the more horrible death by dehydration, being crushed by their own weight, or drowning in the returning flood. Rumors that the whales, being very proud creatures, hold their breath in protest, and may even be talked out of their stubbornness by a legendary flatterer and animal trainer are baseless lies, however.
-[[File:Sperm Whale Size Comparison.png|thumb|center|alt=Size Comparison|Estimated Sperm Whale Size Comparison.]]
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