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Herman Melville called this species "sulphur-bottom" in his novel Moby-Dick (1851) due to an orange-brown or yellow tinge on the underparts from diatom films on the skin.
In the case of some species, in particular the blue whale (which Ishmael calls the "sulphur-bottom whale"), very little was known at the time.
*VI. Sulphur-bottom whale (Balaenoptera musculus, commonly known today as the blue whale). This species was elusive in Melville's day and he states he has observed it only from a distance in the southern seas. Knowledge of the whale among the Nantucket whaling fleet is sparse. He thus provides an incomplete description, mentioning the prominent feature of its "brimstone belly". According to Melville, the whale is never chased, since "he would run away with rope-walks of line".
The film is equally thick on all parts of the skin, and it is easily seen on the white parts of the body. It is not nearly so obvious against the background of the darker parts of the skin, where it may easily be overlooked. A Blue Whale in this condition is known to the whalers as a “Sulphur-bottom.” ... I found it to consist of large numbers of what appeared to me to be Diatoms.
Pg. 50: Diatom films on the ventral surface may be seen as an orange-brown or yellow film, a characteristic which gave rise to the alternative name "sulphur-bottom" whale.
Burn After Reading#Plot: Verify "Unbeknownst to them, the Russian ambassador is a spy for the CIA." from 2017-10-25 edit, apparently contradicting 8FHpOLiobmA&t=32 .
Update Paul Eaton about behinds the scenes work to bring about the surge as described in Fiasco (book). (Re question to Nathaniel Fick in "U.S. Civil-Military Relations in the 21st Century" lecture at 33:50.)
