Researchers confirm that as yet unnamed whale sighted by Japanese fishermen was previously unknown to scienceScientists have confirmed that a mysterious, unnamed species of beaked whale roams the northern Pacific Ocean. Sightings of the creature, which has a bulbous head and a beak like a porpoise, had been reported by Japanese fishermen, who call them karasu or ravens, but it was previously unknown to science. It has yet to be given a formal scientific name."Clearly this species is very rare and reminds us how much we have to learn about the ocean and even some of its largest inhabitants," said Phillip Morin, a research molecular biologist at the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). His team revealed the existence of the new species in a paper published in the journal Marine Mammal Science last week. Continue reading...
New species of Pacific beaked whale confirmed
30. červenece 2016 2:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/30/new-species-of-pacific-beaked-whale-confirmed
Zdroj: The Guardian