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	Beaked whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The beaked whales are the second-largest family of Cetaceans (after the dolphins) and were one of the first groups to diverge from the ancestral lineage.
		Baird's and Cuvier's Beaked Whales were subject to commercial exploitation off the coast of Japan; and the Northern Bottlenose Whale was extensively hunted in the northern part of the North Atlantic late in the 19th and early in the 20th centuries.
		However there are now clear issues of concern: studies of stranded beaked whales show rising levels of toxic chemicals in their blubber (as a top-order predator they are, like raptors, particularly vulnerable to build-up of biocontaminants) and they frequently have ingested plastic bags (which do not break down and can be lethal).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beaked_whale (628 words)

	Beaked whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Strap-toothed beaked whale, strap-toothed whale, Layard's beaked whale...Beaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon.
		7 are baleen whales, 3 toothed whales and 5 are beaked whales.
		Baird's Beaked Whale - Berardius bairdii - MarineBio.org.
	www.lookenamelware.com /beaked+whale.html (981 words)

	Stejneger's Beaked Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stejneger's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri), sometimes known as the Bering Sea Beaked Whale or the Saber-toothed Whale is a poorly known member of the genus Mesoplodon.
		The beak of the whale is of medium length, and the mouthline forms an arch, though much smoother than other species.
		The whales are typically sound in groups of 3 to 4 and sometimes up to 15 animals in a very close group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stejneger's_Beaked_Whale (444 words)

	Gervais' Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus)
		A rather small whale with a prominent beak and only one large tooth in each lower jaw, placed about 15 cm back from the tip and beside the posterior end of the symphysis of the lower jaws.
		Gervais’ beaked whales are known primarily from the western North Atlantic.
		They are the most commonly stranded beaked whale in the Gulf of Mexico with several strandings on Texas beaches known.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/mesoeuro.htm (295 words)

	Tampabay: Beached whale offers rare look for researchers
		Gervais' whales, also known as Gulf Stream beaked whales, don't often wind up on shore because they prefer deep waters where they can hold their breath for an hour and perhaps dive as deep as a mile down, Mead said.
		Scientists don't know how many Gervais' beaked whales exist in the wild, Mead said, but they suspect humans are probably threatening their future because the whales often wind up dead in fishing nets.
		Beaked whales, which get their name from their pointy dolphin-like heads, were one of the first modern groups of whales to evolve, showing up at least 30-million years ago, Mead said.
	www.sptimes.com /TampaBay/101698/Beached_whale_offers_.html (652 words)

	Gervais' beaked whale - Mesoplodon europaeus: More Information - ARKive
		Gervais' beaked whale is classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List 2004 (1), and is listed on Appendix II of CITES (4).
		Gervais' beaked whale has a prominent, slender beak with only two teeth which, whilst obvious in males, are not visible in females (5).
		Gervais' beaked whale is nearly impossible to distinguish from other beaked whales when sighted at sea (2).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Mesoplodon_europaeus/more_info.html (565 words)

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		Beaked whales in the North Atlantic Six species of beaked whales are known to occur in the North Atlantic.
		Gervais’ Beaked Whale is the commonest Mesoplodon along the eastern USA shelf and the most frequently stranded Mesoplodon in the USA (Katona et al.
		Macleod, C.D. Dense Beaked Whales in the Bahamas.
	www.orcaweb.org.uk /downloads/IdentifyingMesoplodonts.doc (3687 words)

	CMS: Mesoplodon europaeus, Gervais' beaked whale
		Gervais' Beaked Whales are generally grey, which lightens to a pale grey on the undersides.
		Gervais' beaked whale occurs mainly in the North Atlantic including the Gulf of Mexico, from Texas and Florida to New York, Ireland, the English Channel, and Islas Canarias, south to Jamaica, Curaçao, Trinidad, Ascension Island, Mauritania, and Guinea Bissau (Rice, 1998).
		Furthermore, several unusual mass strandings of beaked whales, including also Gervais' beaked whales, were associated with naval activities: Mid to late 1980's on the Canary Islands (Waring et al.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/m_europaeus/m_europaeus.htm (494 words)

	Kaitlin's Beaked Whale Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Beaked whales are the most rare of all the known toothed whales.
		Both the beaked whale and the bottlenose whale have large beaks.
		They are the northern bottlenose whale and the southern bottlenose whale.The largest beaked whale is the Baird's Beaked Whale.
	members.aol.com /mjtkreilly/Kaitlin.html (116 words)

	Cetacea - Gervais's Beaked Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gervais' Beaked Whales are grey in culour, which lightens to a pale grey on the undersides.
		Gervais' Beaked Whales are found in the western North Atlantic, commonly stranding along the coast of America from New York to Texas and Florida.
		Gervais' Beaked Whale inhabits tropical to warm temperate waters in the Atlantic.
	www.cetacea.org /new/species/gervais.php (211 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Gervais' beaked whale
		The first recorded Gervais' beaked whale was found floating in the English Channel in the 1840s.
		Gervais' beaked whales have a dark upper-surface, and light under-surface.
		Gervais' beaked whales live in the sub-tropical and warm temperate regions of the N Atlantic (mainly Western).
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/114.shtml (116 words)

	Order Cetacea
		The teat in a 15-m whale is no larger than a man’s thumb, and the mouth of the young calf is so constructed that it cannot suck.
		Many whales and porpoises live near the coast, frequenting shallow water, but a large number of them are pelagic and roam the open seas.
		The term dolphin applies to those small whales that have a distinct snout or beak and numerous conical teeth that are roughly circular in cross-section.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/ordcetac.htm (2374 words)

	Teacher at Sea/WhaleNet Voyage 1999
		BEAKED WHALES of the Western North Atlantic ocean John Nicolas, Marine Mammal Specialist, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center,Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 There are at least eighteen known species of beaked whales (Mesoplodon) in the oceans world wide.
		Beaked whales are known to occur in very deep oceanic waters in all oceans of the world.
		If the whale has a tall spout, and the same color as a fin whale, but it's blowholes and dorsal fin are visible at the surface simultaneously, chances are it's one of these little known creatures.
	whale.wheelock.edu /whalenet-stuff/Gian99/gianweek3.html (3525 words)

	Toothed whale -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The toothed whales ((additional info and facts about systematic name) systematic name Odontoceti) form a ((biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order) suborder of the (Large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals) cetaceans.
		Except for the (Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris) sperm whale, most toothed whales are smaller than the (Whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water) baleen whales.
		The other extremum are the (Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk) Narwhal with its long tusk and the almost toothless (Any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw) beaked whales with bizarre teeth only in males.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/toothed_whale.htm (1768 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cetacea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		There are many misconceptions about cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), the most common of which is the idea that cetaceans are fish.
		The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants of land-living mammals, and remnants of their terrestrial origins can be found in the fact that they must breathe air from the surface; in the bones of their fins, which look like huge, jointed hands; and in the vertical movement of...
		Binomial name Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais and Deville, 1853) Tucuxi range The Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) is a dolphin found both in the rivers of the Amazon Basin and in the coastal waters to the north and east of South America.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cetacea (7526 words)

	Gervais' Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon europaeus @ MarineBio.org
		The Gervais' beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus, also known as the Gulf Stream beaked whale, European beaked whale, and the Antillean beaked whale, is a small whale with a prominent beak and one large tooth in each lower jaw situated about 15 cm behind the tip.
		Beaked whales are generally slender with a small dorsal fin placed towards the rear on the back.
		Gervais' beaked whale is found in the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from Texas and Florida to New York, Ireland, the English Channel, Canary Islands, south to Jamaica, Curaçao, Trinidad, Ascension Island, Mauritania, and Guinea Bissau.
	www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=288 (1120 words)

	Gervais Beaked Whale Found At St. Lucie Inlet: From The Tampa Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		PORT SALERNO - A rare Gervais beaked whale was rescued after it was found in the surf of St. Lucie Inlet State Preserve.
		The 7 1/2-foot, 400-pound female whale was found about 1,500 feet south of the inlet by a sea turtle biologist Tuesday and taken by ambulance to Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Fort Pierce.
		Beaked whales have a distinct, extended skull like a porpoise, are cousins of bottlenose dolphins and are rarely found in coastal waters.
	www.tampatrib.com /floridametronews/MGBJ3V7EYWD.html (213 words)

	WhaleTimes Fishin' for Facts~Beaked Whales
		Baird's beaked whale, like other beaked whales, they are deep divers and have been known to dive up to 2,400 meters.
		Their rostrum (beak) is also white while the rest of the body is dark gray to fl.
		In older whales the teeth curve over the jaw making it impossible for the whales to open their mouth very far.
	www.whaletimes.org /beaked.htm (394 words)

	Tampabay: Coming hours critical for rare whale
		The 13 1/2-foot whale, which looks like a huge dolphin with two tusk-like teeth jutting out of its bottom jaw, was not eating or swimming on its own, said Mary Kmetz, a spokeswoman for the Sarasota lab and aquarium.
		The whale, which would normally get the water and salt that it needs by eating fish and squid, is being nourished through a tube down its mouth to its stomach, Kmetz said.
		Pictures of the whale's face were sent to the Smithsonian Institution on Wednesday for help in pinpointing the exact species, tentatively identified as Gervais' beaked whale.
	www.sptimes.com /TampaBay/101598/Coming_hours_critical.html (287 words)

	The New York Whale and Dolphin Action League
		One distressed whale calf breached 230 times and pectoral slapped 658 times in front of an Ocean Mammal Institute research team over a four-hour period.
		One dolphin pod was seen vocalizing profusely and huddling near the surface unusually close to the shore while the sound was on (Green, 2001-check year for Green; Sandoz, 2001).
		Open sonar testing in California began in 1997; large numbers of sonar exposed whales immediately began to strand with reports of aggressive behavior (symptom of LFAS exposure) (Sandoz, 2001).
	csiwhalesalive.org /ny4whales/sonar_d.html (259 words)

	CMS: Mesoplodon bidens, Sowerby's beaked whale
		Sowerby's beaked whale occurs in the temperate North Atlantic from the Labrador Sea (54 °N; Mac Leod unpublished), Wild Bight (49°48'N, 55°56 'W) in Newfoundland, 71°30'N, 04°00'E in the Norwegian Sea, and Smola (63°25'N) on the west coast of Norway, south to Nantucket Island in Massachusetts, the Açores, and Madeira.
		According to these authors, the Sowerby's beaked whale's core distribution is in the North Sea, although Mac Leod (pers.
		During all surfacings the long beak projected from the water well before the rest of the head or back was visible.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/m_bidens/m_bidens.htm (1128 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Sonar 'may cause whale deaths'
		They outline the circumstances surrounding the deaths in September 2002 of 14 beaked whales during a Spanish-led international naval exercise in the Canaries.
		"Beaked whales have the highest nitrogen levels, and so they are at the highest risk.
		What is still unclear is whether the sonar could be damaging the cetaceans directly by somehow affecting their tissues, or whether the soundwaves frighten them into making too rapid an ascent, with the same result.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3173942.stm (600 words)

	Military Sonar May Give Whales the Bends, Study Says
		Undersea noise from naval exercises appears to give beaked whales the bends, an ailment most commonly associated with scuba divers who rise to the ocean surface too quickly, according to a new study.
		The new research is based on autopsies performed by scientists with the Institute for Animal Health at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain shortly after the beaked whales stranded themselves on the beaches of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
		Jepson and colleagues in the U.K. compared the Canary Island beaked whale autopsy results to those of more than 2,000 marine mammals that had stranded themselves in England between 1992 and 2003 and found gas-bubble lesions in a handful of the dolphins, which may or may not be related to sonar, he said.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/10/1008_031008_whalebends.html (1060 words)

	Identification - True's Beaked Whale
		The head in front of the blow-hole was distinctly bulbous, with a dark patch around the eye and a short stubby beak.
		True's Beaked Whales are extremely similar to other Mesoplodon beaked whales, making identification at sea almost impossible without good views of the head.
		There is evidence that True's Beaked Whale breaches regularly but it is likely that it generally avoids boats and moves unobtrusively at the surface.
	www.orcaweb.org.uk /idtrues.htm (319 words)

	Cetacea - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cetus is Latin and is used in biological names to mean "whale"; its original meaning, "large sea animal," was more general, It comes from Greek ketos ("sea monster").
		Southern Minke Whale, (Antarctic Minke Whale) Balaenoptera bonaerensis
		Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale (Longman's Beaked Whale), Indopacetus pacificus
	open-encyclopedia.com /Cetaceans (242 words)

	Saving Whales
		Description: Gervais' Beaked Whales are grey in colour, which lightens to a pale grey on the undersides.
		Habitat: Gervais' Beaked Whale inhabits tropical to warm temperate waters in the Atlantic.
		Food & Feeding: A stomach analysis of an adult Gervais' Beaked Whale shows that squid is the main food source.
	www.savingwhales.org /info.php?show=24 (178 words)

	Center for Whale Research
		This whale was reported to be swimming in the channel of a mangrove lagoon on northwest side of island before noon.
		The pigmentation pattern and relatively slight scarring of the dorsum indicates this whale is a young adult female or subadult male.
		This whale was kept wet by local residents and escorted through the reef out to deep water on the north side of Royal Island around 4 PM on March 16.
	www.whaleresearch.com /thecenter/bahreport.html (3619 words)

	Articles - Toothed whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Except for the sperm whale, most toothed whales are smaller than the baleen whales.
		The other extremum are the Narwhal with its long tusk and the almost toothless beaked whales with bizarre teeth only in males.
		While small whales like the Pilot Whale today are still being pursued, the main threat for most species is accidental capture in fishing nets.
	www.cat-center.com /articles/Toothed_whale (387 words)

	Gervais' beaked whale - Mesoplodon europaeus - ARKive
		Status: Gervais' beaked whale is classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List 2004, and is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
		Gervais' beaked whale has a prominent, slender beak with only two teeth which, whilst obvious in males, are not visible in females.
		The head is relatively small with a slightly bulging forehead and the dorsal fin is situated towards the tail end of the back.
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Mesoplodon_europaeus (155 words)

	Beaked Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Length: longest blue whale Balaenoptera musculus is 70 feet (21 meters); shortest Hector's beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori is 4.5 feet (1.4 meters) Weight: blue whale 63 tons (64.4 tonnes); Hector...
		Hawaiiís resident whales include the sperm whale, false killer whale, pigmy killer whale, beaked whale, melon-head whale and, most common of all, the pilot whale.
		Gander Academy Beaked Whales Bairds Beaked Whale Beaked whales are the least known of all cetaceans.
	whalemusic.flexwhale.com /beakedwhale (857 words)

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