The face that sank the Essex: potential function of the spermaceti organ in aggression

• Main Authors: Carrier, David R., Deban, Stephen M., Otterstrom, Jason
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Company of Biologists 2002
• Subjects: Research Article; Ahab; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/short/205/12/1755

<qd> `Forehead to forehead I meet thee, this third time, Moby Dick!' [Ahab (<cross-ref type="bib" refid="ref39">Melville, 1851</cross-ref>)] </qd> Herman Melville's fictional portrayal of the sinking of the Pequod was inspired by instances in whi...