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historical misnomers
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The Hidden Truth Behind Why Are Sperm Whales Called Sperm Whales
The confusion began with a fatal misidentification. In the 1700s, naturalists like Carl Linnaeus classified the creature as Physeter macrocephalus —the...
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The confusion began with a fatal misidentification. In the 1700s, naturalists like Carl Linnaeus classified the creature as Physeter macrocephalus —the...