Check out this white humpback whale spotted off the coast of Norway. Nature is awesome!

Spade-Toothed Beaked Whale

There’s a new post over at OurAmazingPlanet.com with stranding images of the world’s rarest whale: the spade-toothed beaked whale.

The whales stranded themselves in 2010 but are so similar to Gray’s beaked whales, they’ve only been confirmed as spade-toothed beaked whales recently. The stranding occured in New Zealand.

UPDATE

Click here to read the actual article published in the journal Current Biology by Kirsten Thompson, C. Scott Baker, Anton van Helden, Selina Patel, Craig Millar and Rochelle Constantine.

A word about strandings

There are many reasons that whales strand themselves, not all are understood. It can be a heartbreaking moment to discover a marine mammal stranding. But we do learn a lot about whale species when this happens. If you discover a stranded marine mammal (dead or alive) contact your local marine mammal stranding network immediately.

Interesting article with some beautiful pictures of Bryde’s whales. Click the link below to check it out!

Photographer captures rare moment a Bryde’s whale breaches the ocean surface | Mail Online