A Cuvier’s beaked whale surfacing in deep blue ocean water, with visible light scars on its back. Water splashes around its body as it emerges.

🐋 New #dataset available!
18 Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) occurrences in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Accessible via #Eurobis:
https://eurobis.pulse.ly/binknw7pz3

#CuvierBeakedWhale #BeakedWhale #Ziphiidae #MarineData #Biodiversity #OpenData
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#NewDataset
Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferred from whaling records
> 3992 occurrences from #Scotland
> #Ziphiidae #Physeteridae #Balaenidae #Balaenopteridae

available via eurobis.org/imis?module=...

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'Exceedingly rare, extremely elusive': Baby whale identified after stranding near East Cape in May The whale was discovered on a beach at Te Kaha and has finally been identified through DNA analysis.

#NewZealand #beakedwhale #ziphiidae

On May 18, a 2 m baby #whale stranded and died at Te Kaha in New Zealand. Through DNA analysis, we don't know that this individual was a #gingotooth #whale