A rare beaked whale washed up on Redhead Beach near Newcastle on the coast of New South Wales . Very short is known about these abstruse - sea cetaceans , and most of what we do know add up from airstream - ups and strandings . " It is sorry but also exciting as we can learn so much more about the animal , " Ronny Ling of theOrganisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia(ORRCA)tells AFP . " We do n’t know much about them , we rarely get to see them . ” An ORRCA worker discovered the peck hulk one forenoon earlier this week , and the organisation post some stunning pictures on theirTwitterandFacebookpages . Based on the pic , some expert have identified the animal asGray ’s beaked whale(Mesoplodon grayi ) , a intermediate - sized whale that survive in waters deeper than 2,000 meters in the southern hemisphere . Reliable sightings are exceedingly rarefied , and when they die , it ’s usually so far from shoring that only a handful of carcase wash up a class .
Various samples and measure were taken from the four - meter - foresightful whale ’s carcass , and the capitulum will be sent to the Australian Museum . " The jaw will be X - rayed and together with DNA it should reassert the species of beaked whale,”Ling adds . The issue of tooth in its upper jaw are in force species indicators if the whale is male ; females do n’t have tooth so the researchers will turn to DNA if that ’s the casing .
So far , the effort of demise remain unresolved . " There were no obvious sign of wound , it could be old age or internal problems . We do n’t know at the moment,“Ling state Mashable . The organic structure will be swallow up in a hidden location by the Lake Macquarie Council . This deters trophy hunters but keeps the bones approachable – they can be exhumed for further research after on .
to begin with this year , research worker tracking eight Cuvier ’s beaked whales ( Ziphius cavirostris ) – which are also notoriously difficult to study – reportedtwo new mammalian records for dive profoundness and duration . One tagged whale dove 2,992 meters below the control surface , and another remained below the surface for 2 minute , 17 minutes , 30 second base .
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