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.
A spade-toothed whale, one of the world's more rare species, is believed to have washed ashore on a South Island beach in New Zealand, the country's conservation agency announced Monday. The creature is described as five meters in length, with distinct color patterns and shapes of its skull, beak and teeth.
"Only six other spade-toothed whales have ever been pinpointed, and those found intact on New Zealand’s North Island beaches were buried before DNA testing could verify their identification, Hendriks said, thwarting any chance to study them.New Zealand’s Indigenous people consider whales a taonga — a sacred treasure — of cultural significance.
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