Smithsonian Magazine on MSN15 天
Scientists Just Dissected the World’s Rarest Whale in New Zealand. Here’s What They Found
Only seven spade-toothed whales have ever been identified, and the species has never been seen alive. After one washed ashore ...
New York Post28 天
The world’s rarest whale will be dissected — here’s why it’s so important
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 ...
World’s rarest whale had never been dissected — until now. Here’s what was discovered
Spade-toothed whales, a type of beaked whale, were first discovered in 1874 after a jaw bone was found in New Zealand’s ...
Incredibly Rare Spade-Toothed Whale Dissected for the First Time Ever
Scientists recently cut into the body of a spade-toothed whale, one of the world's rarest animals. It was the first time ...
KSAT29 天
This whale species is so rare it's never been seen alive. A dissection may decode its mysteries
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 ...
The State19 天
World’s rarest whale had never been dissected — until now. Here’s what was discovered
They made a number of discoveries. Photo from the Department of Conservation This summer, a male spade-toothed whale — the world’s rarest whale species — washed ashore in New Zealand ...
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Rare spade-toothed whale autopsy unveils prehistoric hints
The world’s first autopsy of this very rare whale enabled the indigenous people and conservation scientists in New Zealand to ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat29 天
This whale species is so rare it's never been seen alive. A dissection may decode its mysteries
Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's rarest whale species. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It is the world’s ...
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Scientists, Māori experts uncover new insights into rare spade-toothed whale
The spade-toothed whale is among the rarest and least-studied of whales. Until recently, only six records of the species ...