Cachalot - general
Cachalot belongs to the family of marine mammals - ie cetaceans. Also, as in land mammals, there are the same as the life processes. This is a huge, toothed, white whale...
Diving
As mentioned earlier, cachalot dive deeper than what other Walen. It has a large and oddly shaped head, which is a substance that allows so deep draft. This substance is woskowata called spermaceti or olbrotem...
Food and hunting
Cachalot like some other sea animals to look for their victims, using echolokację. This helps him to locate a future victim. In the depths of the sea, where they live these whales, not reaching the light, ie, there is eternal darkness...
Family life
In various places of occurrence kaszalotów, whales lead other family life. Individuals living on cold water okołobiegunowe normally live alone. In contrast, those in warmer seas make up the group...
Whaling and the protection of
The whales, that is kaszaloty has long been very valuable to fishermen. In particular, it sought in bulk in the nineteenth century, as in the commercial market spermaceti from the body of a mammal has a high value. They were used in many fields of industries...