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Fin whale. Photo credit: NOAA

Dead Whale Found on a Long Island, NY Beach

A 30-40 foot finback whale was found dead on a New York beach early this Wednesday morning.  The whale washed up on Atlantic Beach on the south shore of Long Island about 30 miles from Manhattan.  A large portion of the whale was said to be injured or decomposed. The whale was first spotted near Long Branch, New [...]

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Arnoux's beaked whale - Arnoux's inhabit great tracts of the Southern Ocean. Beachings in New Zealand and Argentina indicate that the whale is relatively common in the areas south of those countries down to Antarctica. It has also been spotted close to South Georgia and South Africa, indicating a likely circumpolar distribution. The northernmost stranding was as 34 degrees south, indicating that whale inhabits cool and temperate as well as polar waters.

Arnoux’s Beaked Whale: Rare Sighting, Rare Behavior of Enigmatic Species

A unique sighting of a group of approximately 60 Arnoux’s beaked whales on the surface in the Gerlache Strait shows for the first time giant beaked whales socializing.

Nov 09, 2009 | 0 comments View Post