Instead, we should be more concerned with their smaller cousins, sperm whales.

实际上，我们应该更多关注它们小表亲，抹香。

Sperm whales hunt down these beasts, but they certainly can fight back.

抹香会捕杀这些巨兽，但它们当然也会反击。

The sperm whale's flukes are triangular and very thick.

抹香尾鳍是三角形，非常厚。

None more so than the sperm whale, one of the greatest voyagers on the planet.

最为典就是抹香，地球上最伟大航海家之一。

Skerry raced to the site and found six sperm whales under sunny skies.

斯科利飞快赶至现场，在阳光天空下看到了六只抹香。

But bigger whales like the sperm whale are a bit more challenging to deal with.

但是像抹香这样大，处理起来就有点难度了。

The remains of a sperm whale. It died five months or so ago.

一头抹香尸体。约5个月前死亡。

Sperm whales use clicking sounds to talk with each other.

抹香通过“咔哒”声与彼此交谈。

Benjamin's brother prepares to launch himself at the whale.

本杰明表哥准备向抹香发出舍身一击。

As the whale fights to break free, they move to harpoon it again.

这条抹香开始挣扎反抗，村民们调整位置，想再次戳中它。

But unlike the suction-feeding sperm whales of our times, Livyatan had short, powerful jaws.

但不同于我们时代吸食抹香，利维坦拥有短而强有力颚部。

Let's start with the sperm whale.

我们从抹香开始。

Broadly, big whales come in two varieties. Toothed whales, such as sperm whales, hunt individual prey.

总来，大有两种。齿，如抹香，捕食单个猎物。

But despite their size and their expressiveness, sperm whales remain one of the ocean's biggest mysteries.

但除了体和善于表现特质之外，抹香仍是海洋中最大谜团之一。

In the northern part of the island state, 14 sperm whales were found on King Island.

在这个岛州北部，在国王岛上发现了14头抹香。

Whales in general are social animals and sperm whales are too, they go in small groups.

一般是社会性动物，抹香也是，它们小群活动。

Another boat attacks and harpoons the whale once more.

另一条船加入了捕获抹香战斗。

So there are teams of computer scientists and linguists and biologists working on decoding sperm whale bioacoustics.

有很多计算机科学家、语言学家、生物学家组队破译抹香生物声学。

They'd been struck by a sperm whale, which had ripped a catastrophic hole in the ship's hull.

他们船之前被一条抹香撞上，船身破了一个毁灭性大洞。

Sperm whales can dive this deep… and their hinged rib cages fold inward so the bones won't snap.

抹香可以潜入这么深地方，它们铰链胸腔向内折叠，这样骨头就不会折断。