Whale on the beach

Spade-Toothed Beaked Whale Exists

The spade-toothed whale is a very little known because it is the rarest species of beaked whales. It was unknown until a partial jaw was found on Pitt Island in New Zealand in 1872 by a geologist named James Hector.

In December 2010, a female and a baby whale were found stranded on Opape Beach,New Zealand. They died soon and were at first thought to be Gray’s beaked whales. Later DNA analysis revealed that they were spade-toothed whale. They provided the first ever complete specimen of spade-toothed whale.

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This species of whale inhabit Pacific Islands Region and have never been seen alive. It rarely gets washed ashore. So far we know nothing about their population or behaviour.

 

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One response to “Spade-Toothed Beaked Whale Exists”

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    Donia

    i am doing a project on spade toothed beaked whales which is so sad to hear that people start stabbing them and killing them so so so sad.

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