Pygmy Sperm Whale Pictures Showing this Small and Rarely Observed Whale

The pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, is amongst the smallest of all whales and is not much larger than many dolphins, growing to about 10 feet. Pygmy sperm whales are found in the temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. They have a blue gray back and sides and a paler, sometimes pinkish, underside. They tend to be solitary although have been observed rarely in pods of up to six. They feed on squid and crabs. Rarely seen and very shy of any contact, most of the information about them comes from stranded specimens, some killed by plastic bags in their stomachs, others killed in drift nets.

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Picture of a pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, baby about 2 weeks old in rehabilitation facility after stranding in Florida

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Stock photo of a pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, baby about 2 weeks old in rehabilitation facility after stranding in Florida

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Picture of a pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, illustration

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Picture of a pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, baby about 2 weeks old in rehabilitation facility after stranding in Florida

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Picture of 1) Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris; 2) Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas; 3) Narwhal, Monodon monoceros; 4) Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii; 5) Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps; 6) Harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena; 7) Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus; 8) Boutu, Inia geoffrensis; 9) Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae; 10) Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis; 11) Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus; 12) Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus; 13) Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus; 14) False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens; 15) Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; 16) Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas; 17) Killer whale, Orcinus orca; 18) Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi, pen and ink illustration.

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Picture of shy, elusive pygmy sperm whales, Kogia breviceps, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

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Stock photo of a pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, baby about 2 weeks old in rehabilitation facility after stranding in Florida

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