Cuvier’s Beaked Whale
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Breaching Cuvier’s Beaked Whales! – 08/19
I was working as a conservationist for ORCA aboard one of the ferries to Spain, collecting data on cetaceans. On this day I was performing a deck watch on top deck in the middle of the Bay of Biscay. I was looking for anything standing out at sea when I suddenly saw two huge splashes…
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A Cuvier’s Beaked Whale – 17/5/15
Known as the deepest diving mammal on earth, Cuvier’s Beaked Whales are unique cetaceans found in waters over 3000 ft deep and around the globe, but particularly in the Eastern Tropics. Imagine my surprise to find one on a remote west coast beach on Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound! Initially, the report came to me…