"Tashtego,...and with a horribly oily gurgling, went clean out of sight."
The whale has previously been described as a intelligent creature and seems to have a sort of taboo on it when it comes to those who threaten it. When Tashtego is getting the spermaceti he falls into the head or, the "brain" of the whale. Not only do whales take ships out but they have a sort of "technique" if you will in doing so.
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