Sperm whale of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, the largest international association of marine mammal scientists in the world, officially uses "Physeter macrocephalus" when publishing their definitive list of marine mammal species. The sperm whale is the largest toothed whale, with adult males measuring up to long and weighing up to . By contrast, the second largest toothed whale (Baird's Beaked Whale) measures and weighs up to . The Nantucket Whaling Museum has a -long jawbone. The museum claims that this individual was long; the whale that sank the "Essex" (one of the incidents behind "Moby-Dick") was claimed to be . A
Last Night on Earth (Noah and the Whale album) another instance of Fink's cinema-inspired songwriting, was designed to have a ""Twin Peaks" feel." Following the commercial success of "Last Night on Earth", the band toured extensively, including three separate treks to the United States. "There was a week where we did Japan, Australia, Canada and Chicago in eight days. And I hate flying," remarked Fink. In 2011, "Last Night on Earth" sold 261,000 copies in the UK. Last Night on Earth (Noah and the Whale album) Last Night on Earth is the third studio album by the English indie folk band Noah and the Whale. It was released on