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Beaked Whales are fascinating creatures that most people don't even know exist. I'm not even remotely surprised that a new species would be discovered, given th
by Exmoor 6y ago
Beaked Whales are fascinating creatures that most people don't even know exist. I'm not even remotely surprised that a new species would be discovered, given the little that humans know about even the more common species' range and behavior. I was lucky enough to see a group of probable beaked whales on a cruise off the Pacific coast several years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaked_whale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaked_whale
- sradman 6y agoExactly, very cool but unsurprising. The Wikipedia article starts: > Beaked whales are a group of cetaceans noted as being one of the least known groups of mammals because of their deep-sea habitat and apparent low abundance. Only three or four of the 22 species are reasonably well-known. Field biology will no doubt benefit from the current revolution in low cost mobile sensors, ML/DL silicon, autonomous vehicles, and DNA sequencing. We live in interesting times.
- bigbubba 6y agoI wonder if more is known about whales by the US Navy, but kept classified because the data comes from military sonar networks.