Sperm Whale Hoax Solved

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Talk about Off-topic...

Some of you might remember this post. It certainly stuck in my mind! :rolleyes:

<B>Don't drink the sea water... read below first....

The average blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it ejaculates, but only 10% of that actually makes it into his mate. So 360 gallons are spilled into the ocean every time one unloads, and you wonder why the ocean is so salty...</B>

<IMG SRC="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/graphics/whale1.jpg">


Last year Tantheman posted that amusing (if stomach wrenching) <A HREF="http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18688">thread here</A>.

But according to <A HREF="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_blue_whale.htm">Urban Legends website</A> it's a hoax. I thought that needed to be cleared up. It's safe to return to the water... :D
 
It's a somewhat poor quality photo, but that looks like a whale shark to me, not a sperm whale.

Although now that I've bothered to read the link, I see I'm not the only one who noticed.
 
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