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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoWhy is it called that? Did the first one they ever see ejaculate at that moment or something?
minus-squareRattlerSix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoWikipedia 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-up9·2 months agoSpermaceti sounds like a pasta dish.
minus-squareFlickerby@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoGood lord I don’t want to be invited to your dinner parties
minus-squareDeathray5@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGood 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