Sperm Whales live in culturally distinct groups.

[Catherine]

Studying their sounds and feeding habits has shown that Sperm whales organize into large female based groups.
There sounds are like human dialects. By studying them, it has been determined that the 300,000 Sperm Whales in the Pacific ocean
actually form 7 distinct clans. They don't intermingle.
Decisions are made by consensus. 
Since whales live up to 80 years and whaling continued well into the 20th century, it is possible that there are whales alive today that remember whaling.


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...arch-finds

Clearly there is much more to learn about these whales.
I think there are probably things we can learn from the whales.
They live in large groups. Those groups encounter each other. 
They don't have wars between the groups and they don't have conflicts inside the groups.
We need to study how they make it work. How do they peacefully achieve consensus. How do the groups not compete for resources.
I hope they keep up the studies of Sperm Whales. We have much to learn.