“So little is known about what lurks deep down… it’s possible seafarers several hundred years ago knew more than we do.”

26-42 feet long, 605 lbs
Depths of 3,280 ft (half a mile) in Ogasawara Islands, Japan!

Depths in excess of 3,280 feet, Antarctic.
First of five known specimens NOT to be retrieved from the belly of a sperm whale!

From National Geographic, 2006