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Using Poop To Defend Against Orcas? This Is Exactly What Sperm Whales Do
Amaze Lab
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6/4/2025
Despite what you might think, sharks are not the apex predators of the ocean. That accolade goes to these: orca whales. However, their cousins, sperm whales, have developed an interesting tactic for fending off these black and white predators.
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Despite what you might think, sharks are not the apex predators of the ocean.
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That accolade goes to these, orca whales.
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That's probably why they earned themselves the moniker killer whales.
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Known for hunting in packs and taking down creatures much larger than themselves,
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even the mighty blue whale.
00:20
However, their cousin sperm whales have developed an interesting tactic
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for fending off these black and white predators.
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Marine researchers say they have now witnessed sperm whales using their poop
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to fend off attacking orcas.
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A well-known pod of orcas recently went after a pod of sperm whales while researchers were watching.
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The sperm whales then formed a defensive huddle called a rosette,
00:39
which looks like this, with their fins in an outward fan and the youngest in the center.
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That's when they let loose an epic slurry of red poo.
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The researchers say they initially thought it was blood,
00:50
and only later realized it was their refuse.
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This is a tactic experts have known sperm whales might use,
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but they have never witnessed it against orcas.
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Using the defensive rosette formation.
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