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Inside the Terrifying True Story of the Sperm Whale That Sank the Whale-Ship ‘Essex’ and Inspired Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’
Survivors of the whale attack drifted at sea for months, succumbing to starvation, dehydration—and even cannibalism ...
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Sperm whale's death in North Charleston linked to likely ship strike, necropsy finds
The Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network has released the necropsy update of the dead sperm whale that was found in North Charleston in Feburary.In February, our t ...
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This Real-Life Whaling Disaster Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’
The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...