Product Description
Our Plastic Sperm Whale Toy Our sperm whale is made of hard plastic and measures 2 3/4 inches from nose to tail flukes. Its name is moulded into the underside. This plastic whale is great for school projects, toys, novelties, animal collections, party favors and more. Our plastic sperm whale is for decoration or play only. It does not float, and should NOT be put in your aquarium. However, you can make a fabulous sea-life or aquarium shoebox diorama using this and other plastic sea life and aquatic creatures and marine mammals, sharks, fish, sea turtles, water birds, and decor from our gift shop. Be sure to see our other whale toys and gifts.
The largest of the toothed whales, the sperm whale can grow up to 59 feet and weight up to 45 tons. Mature females are about 2/3 the size of males. The sperm whale's distinctive huge squarish head accounts for at least 1/3 of it's length and projects well beyond its lower jaw. There are 18-25 large cone-shaped teeth on each side of the lower jaw. On the upper jaw are a series of sockets into which the lower teeth fit. The whale's bushy blow is projected forward from the single blowhole located forward on the left side of the head. Their wrinkled, shriveled looking body is dark, brownish gray with light streaks, spots and scratches. It has white skin around it's mouth and a lighter gray underside which may have white patches. Spermaceti oil fills a mass of web-like tubes, called the spermaceti organ, inside the whale's head. It is believed that this organ helps to maintain buoyancy and enables the whale to dive to depths of over 3,300 feet making it one of the deepest diving cetaceans.
