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With no documented live sightings, spade-toothed whales are the rarest whales in the world. New Zealand Department of Conservation shows rangers Jim Fyfe and Tumai Cassidy walking beside what appears to be the carcass of a rare spade-toothed whale after it was discovered washed ashore on a beach near Taieri Mouth in New Zealand's southern Otago province. Only six other …
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. The country’s conservation agency said Monday a creature that washed up on a South Island beach this month is believed to be a spade-toothed whale. Only six other spade-toothed whales have ever been pinpointed, and those found intact on New Zealand’s North Island beaches …
Scientists have discovered a new species of beaked whale that lives more than 6,000 feet below the surface. Scientists discovered a new species of beaked whale that lives more than 6,000 feet below the surface. Ramari's beaked whale is its own species and not another other beaked whale The whale was named after Māori whale expert Ramari Stewart, who helped …