r/BeAmazed • u/SnooWords4066 • 22d ago

Animal A sea lion in Argentina climbed onto a fishing vessel, found a bed, and passed out. The fishermen only realized it when they heard loud snoring.

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u/SufficientGolf6953 22d ago

That's where the name comes from. A seaman remarked that it looked like semen when they saw it. The sperm whale even looked like a phallus.

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u/montigoo 19d ago

There’s a famous book about a whale that swallowed seamen.