Deep Sea Animals - Physeter Macrocephalus, Kaikoura, New Zealand coast.
The most illustrated and well known whale is a sperm whale, although they are in fact deep sea animals. It is thought that the Spermaceti oil contained in the sperm whales head is an aid for these animals as they dive to astonishing depths of up to 10,500 feet or 3200 metres into the deep sea.
This deep sea animal feasts on the giant squid and other bottom dwelling fish or sharks.
The scientific name for this animal photo "Deep Sea Animals" is
Physeter macrocephalus.
Sperm Whales are well known deep sea animals
Photo "Deep Sea Animals"
Photographer: Rolf Hicker Photography
Photo Name: crw_6916 - Deep Sea Animals
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