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| | Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus at MarineBio.org |
 | | Northern bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770), aka North Atlantic bottle-nosed whale and northern bottle-nosed whale, reach up to 9.8 m in length, averaging 6.7-7.6 m between 7-14 years, and weigh between 5,800-7,500 kg. |
 | | Their feeding behavior is similar to the sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, in that they make long, deep dives for up to 70 minutes from 80-800 m on average. |
 | | The northen bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, was hunted for centuries for its spermaceti oil and for food for indigenous people. |
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