Marine scientists may learn more about the "rarest whale" in the world after a spade-toothed whale washed up on an Otago beach in New Zealand. According to the New Zealand Department of ...
A DNA investigation has been launched to confirm the classification of the whale, scientists said. Source: AFP / Handout The body of a spade-toothed whale — a species so rare it has never been ...
Creature that washed up on South Island is believed to be spade-toothed whale Only six other spade-toothed whales have ever ...
The body of a spade-toothed whale -- a species so rare it has never been seen alive -- appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists say. The remains of the obscure, five-metre (16. ...
Because New Zealand is a hot spot for whale and dolphin strandings, residents are used to finding large sea creatures beached on their shores. But the creature that washed up on a beach in the ...
The body of a spade-toothed whale -- a species so rare it has never been seen alive -- appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists say. The remains of the obscure, five-meter-long, ...
Since the spade-toothed whale was first described in 1874, just six samples have been documented worldwide - Copyright New Zealand Department of Conservation/AFP ...