→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/toda→“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. Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/12/a-real-life-white-whale-that-destroyed-over-20-whaling-ships-and-survived-encounters-with-another-80/ 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 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156006898/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0156006898 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00086LV40/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00086LV40 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0142000086/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0142000086 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//65/99265-050-87DC