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The massive 70 foot long albino sperm whale was named Mocha Dick and was one of the two whales that inspired the novel Moby Dick.
Mocha Dick was given his name as he was first sighted off the coast of
Chile near Mocha Island; the latter “Dick” part of the name is thought
to have simply been after the practice of naming certain deadly whales
common names like “Dick” or “Tom”. More...
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