Tony Wu

 

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Keywords

  • Cachalot
  • Chordata
  • Cetacea
  • Mirissa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Vulnerable: IUCN Red List
  • Odontocete
  • Physeter catadon
  • Sperm Whale
  • CITES Appendix 1
  • Mammalia
  • Odontoceti
  • Cetartiodactyla
  • Physeter macrocephalus
  • Indian Ocean
  • Toothed Whale
  • Animalia
  • Physeteridae
  • Marine Mammal

An adult female sperm whale coming up to the surface to breathe between dives to forage for food. I came across this whale and several other adult females in her family unit in the Indian Ocean.