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Scientists gather to decode puzzle of the world’s rarest whale

December 2, 202491 Views

An ‘extraordinary’ study taking place at Dunedin in New Zealand It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery. “I can’t tell you how extraordinary it is,” said a joyful Anton van Helden, senior marine science adviser for New Zealand’s conservation agency, who gave the spade-toothed whale its name to distinguish it from other beaked species. “For me personally, it’s unbelievable.” Van Helden has studied beaked whales for 35 years, but Monday was the first time he has participated in a dissection of the spade-toothed variet...

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World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach

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July 16, 2024402 Views

If confirmed, will shed clues on spade-toothed whales Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse of the southern Pacific Ocean. However, scientists in New Zealand may have finally caught a break. 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. The five-meter-long creature, a type of beaked whale, was identified after it washed ashore on an Otago beach from its color patterns and the shape of its skull, beak and teeth. “We know very little, practically nothing” about the creatures, Hannah Hendriks, marine technical adviser for the Department of Cons...

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Dozens of whales die on Indonesian beach, rescuers save three

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February 19, 20211055 Views

Forty-six whales stranded on a beach on the Indonesian island of Madura have died, while rescuers managed to push three back out to sea, the provincial governor said on Friday. A rescue effort was launched on Thursday after dozens of pilot whales beached. Volunteers pushed some back out to sea. Youths push a short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), one of dozens which got stranded at a beach in Bangkalan near Surabaya, East Java province, Indonesia, February 19, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Zabur Karuru/ via REUTERS “But some came back here, trying to find their mothers, though it turns out the mothers are dead,” East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa said. Video footage on Friday showed whales dotted across a wide area with local res...

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Australia saves 25 stranded pilot whales, rescue efforts continue

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September 22, 2020969 Views

Rescuers set free around 25 whales on Tuesday that were marooned on a sandbar off the remote west coast of Tasmania in one of Australia’s worst beaching events, and hope to save more in coming days. Government scientists said about 90 of the 270-strong pod of pilot whales have died since they were spotted from the air in shallow water off the rugged coastline on Monday. 270-strong pod of pilot whales marooned on a sandbar. Reuters Footage showed large numbers of the animals prone on a wide sandbar at Macquarie Harbour, about 200 kms (120 miles) northwest of the state capital Hobart, while others floundered in slightly deeper water. Rescuers had to get in the icy water to attach the whales, a species of oceanic dolphin that grow to 7 metres (23 ft) long and can weigh up to 3 to...