Only six specimens of the spade-toothed whale have ever been identified ... In 2010, a mother and calf washed ashore in New Zealand — the first intact specimens known to scientists — but ...

"Since the 1800s, only six samples have ever been documented worldwide," DOC Coastal Otago Operations Manager Gabe Davies said A rare spade-toothed whale may have washed up on the shore of a New ...

Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest ... to be a spade-toothed whale. The five-meter-long creature, a type of beaked whale, was identified after it washed ashore on an Otago beach ...

a male spade-toothed whale — the world’s rarest whale species — washed ashore in New Zealand, astonishing scientists and observers. The animal’s sleek, well-preserved body, which measured ...

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 ...

Local officials were notified that the whale had been washed ashore on 4 July at the mouth ... with only six samples ever documented worldwide. "From a scientific and conservation point of view ...

“This is going to lead to some amazing science and world-first information ... Then, in 2010, a spade-toothed whale mother and calf washed ashore on another New Zealand beach near the ...

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 ...

Creature that washed up on South Island is believed to be spade-toothed whale Only six other spade-toothed whales have ever been pinpointed ... was identified after it washed ashore on an Otago ...

“Since the 1800s, only six samples have ever been documented ... for a spade-toothed whale to be dissected, the conservation department said. The species is “so rare next to nothing is known ...