Sperm fish chew giant squid

Scientists at the National Geographic site took rare photos of giant squid feeding behavior of sperm whales.

A sperm whale swims near the Bonin Islands (Japan) in the Pacific Northwest along with her son on October 15.

In the animal's mouth is the remains of a giant squid with a body length of about 9 meters. He had spared prey from a place deep in the sea. It holds a piece of meat to teach you how to catch prey.

Some other sperm whales chase after their mother and daughter. It seems they want to rob the meat.

Sperm whales usually dive about an hour at a depth of more than 1,000 m to hunt giant squid. Meanwhile squid rarely reaches the depth of more than 300 m compared to the sea floor.

A tentacle of giant squid floats on the sea surface after a hunt of sperm whales on October 14. It is 3.5 m long.

The photos above are rare evidence that sperm whales love to eat giant squid, which can reach up to 13 meters long and weighs an average of 270 kg. They use ultrasound to determine the location of squid in the dark water under the sea. Giant squid always leaves traces of suction on the body of sperm whales after the battles between them. These traces, along with the analysis of food in the stomach of sperm whales, are the basis for scientists to assert that sperm whales like to eat giant squid.