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Description: Sperm whale removing fish from Gulf of Alaska longline fishing gear at 300 ft depth by shaking the line and not touching the fish. The sperm whale echolocates even under good visual conditions. This video also confirmed acoustic methods of estimating sperm whale length (J. Acoust. Soc. AM. 125(5), 3444-3453). Please note, the underwater videocamera was attached to the line and pointing upwards, and although the whale looks to be spinning on the line, it is actually the camera spinning on the lin
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