According to a marine biologist who witnessed the battle, it was an extremely rare sight as these animals tend to leave each other alone.
One would not be remiss if they didn’t immediately think ‘Ka-Ching!’ when imagining a hunk of smelly whale vomit.
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so don’t write off sperm whale faeces until you understand the story of ambergris.
Killer whales have been known to launch coordinated attacks on other whales, sharks and even wave-wash seals. On 18 April 2013, photographer Shawn Heinrichs captured one of the very few recorded incidents of killer whales attacking a pod of sperm whales.