v0.34:Sperm whale

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Sperm whale

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Urist likes sperm whales for their teeth.
Biome
Any Ocean
Variations
Sperm whale - Sperm whale man - Giant sperm whale
Attributes
· Aquatic · Beaching
Cannot be tamed
Size
Birth:	500,000 cm3
Mid:	12,500,000 cm3
Max:	25,000,000 cm3
Age
Adult at:	1
Max age:	70-80
Butchering returns
Food items
Meat	660-940
Fat	140-220
Brain	55-85
Heart	25-45
Lungs	110-160
Intestines	170-250
Liver	55-85
Kidneys	55-85
Tripe	55-85
Sweetbread	26-42
Eyes	2
Spleen	26-42
Raw materials
Bones	160-240
Skull	1
Skin	Raw hide

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A giant marine mammal with a toothy jaw.

The sperm whale is the 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 is best handled through a fish-catching chamber and then drowning; 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 them, providing an enormous food surplus and months of work job for your bone carvers.

Raws

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