"These sperm whales dive down to a kilometer [0.6 miles] or more in depth to feed on the giant squids, but if they come up to a squid and the squid tries to defend itself by wrapping itself around ...

But exactly how sperm whales catch squid, like many other areas of their lives, remains a mystery. "They're slow swimmers," says Kirsten Young, a marine scientist at the University of Exeter.Squid ...

Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish, squid, octopus, seabirds, seals, penguins, sharks, and even other whales and dolphins. Sperm whales dive up to 3,000 feet (900 m ...

But a scar left on an animal can change over time as the animal gets bigger, explains Mike Vecchione, ... When sperm whales and squid do tangle, though, ...

If the whales decided to change course, or to dive, then that was just bad luck. If there were to be encounters, these would be entirely on the whales’ terms. So we expected, at best, a few precious ...

Conversely, juvenile colossal squid are frequently targeted by elephant seals and penguins while adults often fall prey to sleeper sharks and sperm whales. Although the scars on the latter ...

Elaborate scar-like markings on the back of a whale seen in Australian waters last week have intrigued experts, with one authority on marine mammals saying: “I've never seen anything like this ...

The colossal squid, in turn, has left behind scars from its suckered-and-hooked tentacles on sperm whales that it has tried to fend off, Bolstad said. Advertisement ...

Whales eat a variety of ocean life, depending on what species you mean. ... crustaceans, fish, squid, sea birds and even fellow whale species. A whale's diet varies by species.