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. You can easily notice it, because at the time of inhalation of air throws up water fountain. We dive deeper than on other mammals, often in excess of 2,000 meters. Average speed immerse in a minute is about 170 meters, 140 meters while wynurzania. The muscles of the mighty whale accumulates 50% of oxygen taken from the air. This is more than in other marine mammals. It is mainly for long-term adaptation cachalot and requiring a large effort diving.