New Zealand scientists dissect world's rarest whale

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 03, 2024 12:09 am

WELLINGTON — Scientists in New Zealand 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 whale washed ashore on New Zealand's South Island earlier this year, offering a chance to study a deep-sea mammal that has never been seen alive.

LOOK CLOSER Beaked whale expert Anton van Helden inspects a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Center in Mosgiel, near the city of Dunedin, southern New Zealand, on Dec. 2, 2024. AP PHOTO

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