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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoWhy is it called that? Did the first one they ever see ejaculate at that moment or something?
minus-squareRattlerSix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month 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-up9·1 month agoSpermaceti sounds like a pasta dish.
minus-squareFlickerby@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoGood lord I don’t 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