The Sperm Whale or Cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus, displays its fluke, or tail, when diving to feed in the deep waters offshore Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, North Atlantic Ocean.

The Sperm Whale or Cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus, displays its fluke, or tail, when diving to feed in the deep waters offshore Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, North Atlantic Ocean.

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Acores Azores Cachalot Cetaceans: Cetacea Gulf Stream Ilha do Pico Mammalia Marine Mammals North Atlantic Ocean Pico Island Portugal Sperm Whale: Physeteridae Tail Toothed Whales: Odontoceti archipelago diving feeding fluke hunting marine life sperm whale: Physeter macrocephalus

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