Sri Lanka - Kingdom of Whales 斯里蘭卡 - 鯨魚國度
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Whale Dance (鯨魚之舞) @ Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (斯里蘭卡 亭可馬里)
A sperm whale family dive together into the deep.
The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), or cachalot, is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator, with adult males measuring up to 20.5 metres long and weighing up to 57,000 kilograms.
Sperm whales usually dive between 300 to 800 metres, and sometimes 1 to 2 kilometres, in search of food. Such dives can last more than an hour. They feed on several species, notably the giant squid, but also the colossal squid, octopuses, and fish like demersal rays, but their diet is mainly medium-sized squid. Sperm whales can live 70 years or more.
抹香鯨家族一同潛入深海，優雅的姿態就像是一群曼妙的舞者。
抹香鯨是哺乳動物中潛得最深的物種，1分鐘就能潛320米深。超大的肺活量更可使他們潛到2000米深的海底，還可在水面下待2小時。牠們在所有鯨類中潛得最深、最久，因此有動物王國中「潛水冠軍」的美譽。
