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New Zealand scientists have begun dissecting a spade-toothed whale, considered the rarest whale in the world, marking the ...
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Young said. The first spade-toothed whale bones were found in 1872 on New Zealand’s Pitt Island. Another discovery was made at an offshore island in the 1950s, and the bones of a third were ...
New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only seven specimens have ever been documented. The dead spade-toothed ...