The spade toothed whale (named due to its spade-shaped teeth) is one of the rarest and least known species of beaked whale. In fact although earlier observations of this species were identified in the mid to late 1800’s it wasn’t until 2012 that a description of this whales external appearance was identified and confirmed from earlier data of beached specimen …
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True’s beaked whale is a rarely observed whale that can be found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in waters that are 3,000 ft. or deeper. These whales are part of the toothed whale suborder and make up one of over 15 different whale species within the beaked whale family. While information on these whales remains …
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Stejneger’s beaked whale (aka the saber-toothed whale) is a mid-sized beaked whale that can be found traveling in the North Pacific Ocean. These whales belong to the toothed whale suborder and are known and identified by their saber-tooth like teeth that erupt from the bottom jaw. They are also known for having excessive scaring due …
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Shepherd’s beaked whale is a medium to large-sized whale within the beaked whale family. Although extremely rare these whales may be spotted traveling in the cold waters of the southern hemisphere. Limited information has been obtained regarding this whale species. Most of what is known about these whales comes from examinations of beached/stranded whales and …
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Longman’s beaked whale (aka the tropical bottlenose whale and indo-pacific beaked whale) is one of the larger sized whales within the beaked whale family. It also happens to be one of the rarest whales within the entire cetacean species which is comprised of over 80 different marine mammals and is made up of all species …
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