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Rarest whale seen at last in New Zealand - 0 views

www.macroevolution.net/mesoplodon-traversii.html

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  • An exceedingly rare spade-toothed whale washed up on a New Zealand shore.
  • A whale almost unknown to science has been seen alive for the first time after two individuals — a mother and her male calf — were stranded and died on a New Zealand beach.
  • Nov. 7, 2012 —
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  • The two whales were discovered in December 2010, when they live-stranded and subsequently died on Opape Beach, New Zealand. The New Zealand Department of Conservation was called to the scene, where they photographed the animals and collected measurements and tissue samples.
  • which is done routinely as part of a 20-year program to collect data on the beaked whales found in New Zealand waters.
  • Their true identity came to light only following DNA analysis,
  • "Up until now, all we have known about the spade-toothed beaked whale was from three partial skulls collected from New Zealand and Chile over a 140-year period. It is remarkable that we know almost nothing about such a large mammal."
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