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Previously unseen whale species washes up on New Zealand beach
LA Times ^
| 05 Nov 12
| Jon Bardin
Posted on 11/06/2012 11:46:52 AM PST by blueplum
Not one but two specimens of the worlds rarest known species of whale have been discovered on a New Zealand beach, according to a report published Monday in the journal Current Biology. The species, called the spade-toothed beaked whale, is so rare that before the find researchers weren't even sure if it still existed.
The two whales washed up on Opape Beach in New Zealands Bay of Plenty. At first scientists thought they were examples of a much more pedestrian species, the Grays beaked whales, which are the most commonly beached whales in the region. But after undertaking a DNA analysis standard procedure for beached whales that die on shore the researchers were shocked to find that the whales were spade-toothed beaked whales, a species with no known sightings that was previously known only from three partial skulls.
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cryptobiology; cryptozoology; godsgravesglyphs; newzealand; oceanscience; paleontology; science; spadetoothedbeaked; whales
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a little distraction from the ocean while waiting on the polls...I wonder what brought them up from the deep?
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posted on
11/06/2012 11:46:58 AM PST
by
blueplum
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/06/2012 11:48:25 AM PST
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
Global warming or to vote for Obama..............
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posted on
11/06/2012 11:48:58 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Why yes, that was crude and uncalled for......That's why I said it..............)
To: blueplum
This is really a very bad time for Christie to go on vacation.
Perhaps Greenpeace will push him back into the water and he’ll head home.
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posted on
11/06/2012 11:51:49 AM PST
by
Gator113
(I would have voted for NEWT, now it's Romney & Ryan.~Just livin' life, my way~)
To: blueplum
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posted on
11/06/2012 11:52:13 AM PST
by
Jaxter
("Pro Aris et Focis")
To: blueplum
Nobody has seen Michael Moore lately have they?
To: blueplum
Grays beaked whales, which are the most commonly beached whales in the region. .....the whales were spade-toothed beaked whales, a species with no known sightings that was previously known only from three partial skulls.
Never ever seen before and the only evidence it existed is three partial skulls.
So, with a very slight genetic difference, we have a whole new species of whale.....and one that still has never been seen.
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posted on
11/06/2012 11:55:52 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon.....)
To: blueplum
“...washed up on the beach.”
I’ll get excited when one *walks* up on the beach.
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posted on
11/06/2012 11:57:08 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: blueplum
Umm. They must come up for air if it is a whale! So coming up from the deep? Did you fail biology?
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posted on
11/06/2012 11:58:02 AM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
To: Red Badger
Global warming or to vote for Obama..............Hey, whales are intelligent mammals.
Maybe they came up to vote for Romney and took a left instead of a right at Hawaii.
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posted on
11/06/2012 11:58:27 AM PST
by
Nervous Tick
("You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.")
To: blueplum
Did Moo-chelle Obama swim close to new Zealand recently?
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posted on
11/06/2012 12:10:43 PM PST
by
max americana
(Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
To: PLMerite
I'll get excited when one *walks* up on the beach.That's more likely with a Gray's beaked whale...they are the pedestrian species.
This is simply a case of calling a spade-tooth a spade-tooth.
To: US_MilitaryRules
no, but I did fail composition! I was referring back to this sentence from the article, “they may also die in the deep, making it unlikely that they will wash ashore”
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posted on
11/06/2012 12:30:42 PM PST
by
blueplum
To: Gator113
12.21.12 - - It is fast approaching with many signs.
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posted on
11/06/2012 12:40:14 PM PST
by
Mr. Wright
(NAACP)
To: blueplum; shaggy eel
The poor thing died in an encounter with a shaggy eel...
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posted on
11/06/2012 12:42:32 PM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1386 of the Obama hostage crisis - Barack Hussein Obama an enemy BOTH foreign AND domestic)
To: Mr. Wright
On Dec 21, 2012, Obama will have had a little over a month to stew in his humiliating, crushing and unexpected defeat at the hands of the American people.
Hell still be Commander in Chief.
Hell still have the nuclear football. Just sitting there. Staring at him. Taunting him. Daring him. Double-eaten-dog daring him...
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posted on
11/06/2012 12:45:13 PM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1386 of the Obama hostage crisis - Barack Hussein Obama an enemy BOTH foreign AND domestic)
To: blueplum
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:14:17 PM PST
by
BubbaBasher
("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
To: blueplum
Is it Chris Christie? I thought he was still in New Jersey.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:19:49 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Mr. Wright
No Christmas shopping..... !!!
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:20:17 PM PST
by
Gator113
(I would have voted for NEWT, now it's Romney & Ryan.~Just livin' life, my way~)
To: Gator113
You can still Christmas shop — before 12.21.12, but whether or not the gift is ever given will remain to be seen.
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posted on
11/06/2012 1:23:53 PM PST
by
Mr. Wright
(NAACP)
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