1. By: Jocelyne Smith and Vicki Lemieux

2. Fun Facts Largest toothed Whale Average size of males from 52ft to 67ft Females and young live separately from Adult males in groups called pods Largest brain out of all living or extinct animals One of the deepest diving mammals - 1,300 ft down for up to 35 minutes Communicate using a variation of clicks

3. Why Hunt Sperm Whales For their blubber, which is used for candles, soap, cosmetics, machine oil, other specialized lubricants, lamp oil, pencils, crayons, leather waterproofing, rust- proofing materials and many pharmaceutical compound.

4. Why the whale attacked Females are protective of their young and at the time of the attack their was a harpooning boat out after another whale which could have been one of the females young. Which triggered the female whale to attack. Sperm whales can be set off by different noises. Right before the attack a crew member was hammering nails into a boat to fix it which might have triggered the male whale to attack.

5. Path of Essex

6. Migration Distribution

7. Question? If you were the captain of the Essex, What would your path have been for your trip and why? - Start at Nantucket and draw your path to gather the most whales and end your trip back at Nantucket.