Behavior of Marine Animals 1979
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-2985-5_7
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Social Organization in Sperm Whales, Physeter macrocephalus

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“…Consequently, pairing is expected to have taken place 14 months earlier. This agrees with data of several authors, reported by BEST et al (1984), for the Southern Hemisphere sperm whales.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
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“…Consequently, pairing is expected to have taken place 14 months earlier. This agrees with data of several authors, reported by BEST et al (1984), for the Southern Hemisphere sperm whales.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
“…This suggests that, each month, the presence of pregnant females was proportional to the total number of females killed. The simultaneous capture of non pregnant with lactating and pregnant females with fetuses of different sizes had been already reported for other areas, as for example South Africa (BEST et al 1984) and Japan (KASUYA 1986). This suggests that births may occur along the whole year, if we consider a gestation of 14 months, but higher frequencies are observed between September and December (Tab.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 66%
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“…an age of 27 years (Best, 1979). With variable patterns of movement at high latitudes, animals stay resident in small areas for long periods.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%