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It's short for spermaceti whale.
Spermaceti is the name of the oil they produce for buoyancy/echolocation. Why is it called that? Because it was originally thought to be whale semen. Yes, really.
I wonder if they were either disappointed or relieved when they found out it wasn't cum.
Unfortunately not before he did the bear and the peacock.
Or rather before he named the bear and the peacock. Need to be careful with words when that guy's involved.
I'm interested of the reason to call an prehistoric elephant Tit tooth (Mastodon)
