The Sperm whale is a mammal with a brain weighing around 8 kilograms (five times heavier than a human’s). Its society is matriarchal; females and babies live together in groups with grown males turning to solitary lifestyles. It can survive around 90 minutes without breathing and dive up to 3,000 meters deep, feeding mainly on deep-sea fish and cephalopod (Giant squid in particular).
As a substance occasionally found in the digestive system of Sperm whales, ambergris is used as the finest fixative of perfume, which is why people refer to it as floating gold. Spermaceti in the head of the whales is good as a lubricant.
