Beaked Whale

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Oct 4, 2023 - 23:03
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Baird's beaked, or giant bottlenose, whale

Behold a true beaked whale mother and calf near the Azores and Canary IslandsBehold a true beaked whale mother and calf near the Azores and Canary IslandsSee all videos for this article

beaked whale, (family Ziphiidae), any of more than 20 species of medium-sized toothed whales that have an extended snout, including the bottlenose whales. Little is known about this family of cetaceans; one species was first described in 1995, two others are known only from skeletal remains, and the bodies of undescribed species occasionally drift ashore.

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