Sperm whales

Usage examples of cachalots.

One could judge beforehand that the cachalots would be victorious, not only because they were better built for attack than their inoffensive adversaries, but also because they could remain longer underwater without coming to the surface.

The battle between the cachalots and the whales had already begun when the Nautilus arrived.

For one hour this wholesale massacre continued, from which the cachalots could not escape.

At length, the mass of cachalots broke up, the waves became quiet, and I felt that we were rising to the surface.

I believe in the existence of a mammal power fully organised, belonging to the branch of vertebrata, like the whales, the cachalots, or the dolphins, and furnished with a horn of defence of great penetrating power.

Chapter XII Cachalots And Whales During the nights of the 13th and 14th of March, the Nautilus returned to its southerly course.

One could judge beforehand that the cachalots would be victorious, not only because they were better built for attack than their inoffensive adversaries, but also because they could remain longer under water without coming to the surface.

At length the mass of cachalots broke up, the waves became quiet, and I felt that we were rising to the surface.

I believe in the existence of a mammal powerfully organized, belonging to the branch of vertebrata, like the whales, the cachalots, or the dolphins, and furnished with a horn of defense of great penetrating power.