Ep 117: The Essex Sperm Whale Attack - The Horror Story That Inspired Moby Dick

On todays episode we head out to the open sea and talk about one of the worst animal related maritime disasters to ever occur: the sinking of the whale-ship Essex. At the heart of this story are a dozen desperate men and one extremely angry sperm whale.    Then in our Scratch Of The Day: A woman bullied online for being bitten by a blue ringed octopus, a zoo keeper in Romania is mauled and killed by a tiger, and a heroic Canadian man saves his wife by pile-driving a polar bear.  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-28/woman-stung-by-blue-ringed-octopus-shocked-by-victim-blaming/104372866   We finish up by playing another Man Eaters Grid! WEBSITE: www.maneaterspod.com PATREON: patreon.com/maneaters EMAIL: maneaterspod@gmail.com FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/maneaterspod INSTAGRAM: @maneaterspodcast INSTAGRAM: @jimothychaps