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The amazing sperm whale ?with the biggest brain, loudest sound and deepest dives in the animal kingdom ?are at serious risk from the oil in the Gulf. They’re the only endangered marine mammals in the Gulf, and scientists say just a few deaths could put th
Just three deaths from the oil spill ?that’s all it would take to push the sperm whales of the Gulf of Mexico to the brink. Hundreds are known to feed in the area of BP’s blowout. Host Jeff Young talks with marine mammal toxicologist Celine Godard-Codding and sperm whale expert Hal Whitehead about how the oil spill might affect these amazing whales, which have the largest brains and loudest voices in the animal kingdom.