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Using Poop as a Weapon Against Orcas? These Sperm Whales Are Doing Just That
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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, even
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the mighty blue whale.
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However, their cousin sperm whales have developed an interesting tactic for fending off these
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black and white predators.
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Many researchers say they have now witnessed sperm whales using their poop to fend off
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attacking orcas.
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A well-known pod of orcas recently went after a pod of sperm whales while researchers were
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watching.
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The sperm whales then formed a defensive huddle called a rosette, which looks like this, with
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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, and only later realized it was
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their refuse.
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This is a tactic experts have known sperm whales might use, but they have never witnessed it
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against orcas, using the defensive rosette formation.
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