Space Daily August 25, 2026 • 08:45

Drones over the Azores recorded two sperm whales turning to face each other, converging at speed and striking head-on with the front of the skull — the battering-ram collision the species' anatomy had implied for two centuries, and nobody had ever filmed - Space Daily

A century-old mystery finally solved: scientists captured footage of sperm whales ramming each other head-on, confirming that their massive skulls are built as biological battering rams.

For two centuries, one detail about the sperm whale has sat there unresolved. Its head, taking up roughly a third of its body length, is built around two oil-filled chambers separated by walls of tou… [+6387 chars]

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Drones over the Azores recorded two sperm whales turning to face each other, converging at speed and striking head-on with the front of the skull — the battering-ram collision the species' anatomy had implied for two centuries, and nobody had ever filmed - Space Daily

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