Better armed than a baleen whale, whose upper jaw is adorned solely with whalebone, the sperm whale is equipped with twenty-five huge teeth that are twenty centimeters high, have cylindrical, conical summits, and weigh two pounds each.
Mejor armado que la bafiena, cuya mandíbula superior está dotada únicamente de barbas, está provisto de veinticinco grandes dientes de veinte centímetros de altura, cilíndricos y cónicos en su vértice, que pesan dos libras cada uno.