Function of the Spermaceti Organ of the Sperm Whale
Abstract
THE structure of the head of the sperm whale (Physeter catodon) was described in outline by Pouchet and Beauregard1-3 and by Raven and Gregory4, but the function of the large, wax filled spermaceti organ and related structures is not known although several theories4-6 have been advanced.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- November 1970
- DOI:
- 10.1038/228873a0
- Bibcode:
- 1970Natur.228..873C