Talk:Pygmy sperm whale

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Whale skull image incorrect?
The text description of where the teeth occur (only "in the rostral part of the lower jaw") is at odds with the included image of the skull - which evidently has teeth in the upper jaw. Maybe that's not really an image of a pygmy sperm whale skull? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pcziko (talk • contribs) 18:07, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Untitled
I once saw something I am fairly sure was one about 2 miles off of the coast of the Isle of Skye

older comments
There was Inky the pygmy Sperm Whale who was rescued.

One defense mechanism these animals use is to expel ink like their prey species - the squid. But it is a different material being that gets jetted. - Alan

Whale(r)
"Land-based whales have hunted them" I changed this to whalers. In the event I'm wrong please fix it! Rich  Farmbrough 22:20, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

your movie links do not work
ok this is not an urban myth i can not get the links to work i had to get my old person glasses on to read the fineprint and still to no avail no movie of a whale exploding! ok for 30 min or more i followed so many links i went from whale way north to python which happened down the road from me so y do i want to read about this ..i live here i wanted to see a whale get it linky linky? wow

Two stranded pygmy Sperm whales on Outter banks 9/16/11
We litterly saw a juvunal wash up on the beach during rough weather on 9/16/11. We called 911 and them a rescue center for animal control. They gave us instructions to keep it alive. It was a small juvinal about 4 to 5 feet long. We them found out that another whale, probably it's mother was washed up about 1/4 mile up the beach. She did not survive due to in injuries that I believe it sustained from swimming into a pier. The smaller one was quite active and only had minor cuts. The sad thing is there was nobody available to care for it so they put it down. All the time and effort we put into saving it only to have them put it down. This does not sit well with me. If you are a state that capitolizes from having beaches than I believe you should have a obligation to helping save any wildlife that becomes stranded. They spend millions of dollars to suck sand back up on the beach to help protect their homes but don't have the necessary resources to protect their wildlife. Shame on you North Carolina — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.229.192.93 (talk) 14:28, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok... Never learned to spell, did you? And why bother rant about this here? No one even bothers edit this species' page, let alone look at its talk page. SaberToothedWhale (talk) 04:07, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Not talking about ego
The article claims that it has a large head, when it plainly has a very small head by whale standards. As brought up http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/07/28/seriously-frickin-weird-kogia/ here, its head is not only tiny but strangely squished. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.206.153 (talk) 07:09, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Issues with the way the layout of the article is rendering
Several of the short sections have photos attached to them. Because the text occupies a smaller physical amount of space on the page than their accompanying photos, it's causing the photos to render in parts of the page that don’t correspond with their sections. I believe this problem can be remedied by doing three things: Firstly, by cropping the photo of the teeth and cropping the picture of the skull. Wikipedia policy states images need to be cropped as tightly as possible in a way that conserves space without omitting any important details. Secondly, by moving the engraving from the 19th century to the left side of the page, rather than having it located under the info box on the right side (the spot it currently occupies). Thirdly, situate all jpegs so they precede the text of their sections, versus following the text of their section. If all three of these things are done, the images render in spots that correlate to the correct information. – Down time (talk) 17:39, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * If there are no objections, I will be making adjustments at the end of the month to remedy the aforementioned formatting issues – Down time (talk) 05:45, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I resubmitted an existing image of the skull cropped in a manner that conserves space. I will be moving forward with the other fixes shortly. – Down time (talk) 20:56, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Incorrect information integrated into the melon jpeg
This image includes the wrong anatomical description of what it is depicting. There are two cross sections in the jpeg; the one on the left is labeled "sagittal" and the one on the right is labeled "coronal". The one on the left is axial, not coronal like it states. I see another editor added a sentence to the Melon section pointing out the image was incorrect, however the text overlaid on the image still needs to be corrected. This image is very confusing for readers. And, when the image is fixed, the terminology needs to be clarified for laypersons – The text overlaid on the diagrams should read "Sagital (side view)" and "axial (top view)" so everyone visiting the page knows what angle is being depicted. Or, attach WikiLinks to the terms sagittal and axial (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittal_plane) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location#Other_directional_terms)

Of equal importance; the Melon section needs to mention the structures inside sperm whale heads are asymmetrical. Without this information, the axial view diagram makes no sense to laypersons attempting to use the article as an information resource. – Down time (talk) 17:39, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Since no one has chimed in, I will be fixing these issues myself at the end of the month – Down time (talk) 05:37, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Human Interaction Section
Hello,

Is the strange boxed text in the Human Interaction section intentional? It doesn't match with the rest of the article. GriffinSolsburg (talk) 05:18, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
 * That's wiki-markup's "lazy quote" feature - prefacing with a single space makes the paragraph a box quote. Easy to overlook :) Fixed now. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:34, 5 June 2018 (UTC)