 Whales continue to be prevalent in modern literature . For example , Herman Melville 's Moby Dick features a " great white whale " as the main antagonist for Ahab , who eventually is killed by it . The whale is an albino sperm whale , considered by Melville to be the largest type of whale , and is partly based on the historically attested bull whale Mocha Dick . Rudyard Kipling 's Just So Stories includes the story of " How the Whale got in his Throat " . Niki Caro 's film the Whale Rider has a Māori girl ride a whale in her journey to be a suitable heir to the chieftain @-@ ship . Walt Disney 's film Pinocchio features a giant whale named Monstro as the final antagonist . Alan Hovhaness ' orchestra And God Created Great Whales including the recorded sounds of humpback and bowhead whales . Léo Ferré 's song " Il n 'y a plus rien " is an example of biomusic that begins and ends with recorded whale songs mixed with a symphonic orchestra and his voice . 
