A STRANGE GIANT OF THE OCEAN 



Quite frequently the lower jaw of an immature 

 animal will be injured and as the whale grows its jaw 

 becomes twisted like an enormous corkscrew. The 

 widespreading posterior part of the jaw is called the 



Cutting away the "junk" from the "case" of a sperm whale. The 

 junk is a mass of cellular tissue which also contains sperma- 

 ceti. 



"panbone" and from it the sailors make walking 

 sticks, pie-markers, hairpins, and carvings which are 

 often beautifully executed. "Scrimshawing," or 

 drawing upon whale's teeth, also helps to while away 

 many weary hours when the ship lies still in a tropic 

 calm. 



The sperm whale is a lover of warm currents which 

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