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The massive 70 foot long albino sperm whale was named Mocha Dick and was one of the two whales that inspired the novel Moby Dick. Mocha Dick was given his name as he was first sighted off the coast of Chile near Mocha Island; the latter “Dick” part of the name is thought to have simply been after the practice of naming certain deadly whales common names like “Dick” or “Tom”. The whalers that first spotted him attempted to kill him, but he survived the encounter.
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Resources/Further Reading:
http://books.google.com/books?id=-i6rFHdkYDwC&pg=PA375&lpg=PA375&dq=%22mocha+dick%22#v=onepage&q=%22mocha%20dick%22&f=false
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mocha_Island
http://www.melville.org/reynolds.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,815963,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaleship_Essex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_N._Reynolds
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/7-famous-albino-animals/mocha-dick-the-sperm-whalehttp://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/7-famous-albino-animals/mocha-dick-the-sperm-whale
http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/Exhibitions/Tristin-Lowe/
http://www.melville.org/mobyname.htm
http://guy.com/2011/06/07/dont-skip-this-moby-dick/
Image Credit (thank you)
https://americangloom.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/moby-dick.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Captain_John_Reynolds_Jeremiah_Theus.jpg
http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media//65/99265-050-87DC205E.jpg
http://lunaprod.library.cornell.edu/images/HFJ/Size4/Disc0322/03224002.jpg
http://www.mobydickcontent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/moby_dick_book_cover_by_mario0357-d6rt002.jpg
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http://www.whalingmuseum.org/sites/default/files/images/Collections/pocantas.jpg
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