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	Giant beaked whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baird's Beaked Whale was first described by Leonhard Hess Stejneger in 1883 from a specimen found in the Bering Sea.
		Arnoux's Beaked Whale was described in 1851 by Duvernoy from a skull found in New Zealand.
		Baird's Beaked Whale is found in the North Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan and the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berardius (849 words)

	CMS: Berardius arnuxii, Arnoux´s beaked whale
		The feeding habits of Arnoux's beaked whales are assumed to be similar to those of their Northern Hemisphere relatives, Baird's beaked whales, thus consisting of benthic and pelagic fishes and cephalopods (Jefferson et al.
		Arnoux's beaked whales are known to enter pack-ice and may live very close to the ice edge in summer, but are likely to move away in winter (Carwardine, 1995).
		- Balcomb KC (1989) Baird's Beaked Whales - Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883; Arnoux Beaked Whale - Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/b_arnuxii/b_arnuxii.htm (966 words)

	Giant beaked whale -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The two species are the largest of all (Any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw) beaked whales and collectively they are sometimes referred to as the giant beaked whales.
		Baird's Beaked Whale was first described by (Click link for more info and facts about Stejneger) Stejneger in 1883 from a specimen found in the (Part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait) Bering Sea.
		Baird's Beaked Whale is found in the North (The largest ocean in the world) Pacific Ocean, the (An arm of the Pacific between China and Japan) Sea of Japan and the southern part of the (An arm of the Pacific east of Asia) Sea of Okhotsk.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gi/giant_beaked_whale.htm (944 words)

	Discovering Whales - Baird's Beaked Whale
		Beaked whales are the least known of all cetaceans.
		It has a long tube-like beak with a lower jaw protruding beyond the upper causing the front teeth to remain exposed when the mouth is closed.
		The Baird's Beaked whale is slate-grey in colour and may appear darker or brownish at sea.
	www.omplace.com /omsites/discover/BEAKED/bairds/bairdsg.html (418 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		One toothed whale, the sperm whale, sometimes known as a cachalot, is quite large: The male grows to a length of 18.3 m (60 ft), and the female grows to a length of 12.2 m (40 ft).
		The life span varies: For small toothed whales such as the beluga it is thought to be about 30 years; for larger toothed cetaceans such as the sperm whale it is up to 70 years; and baleen whales probably live for as long as 80 years.
		In captivity, whales and dolphins show considerable capacity for learning and a well-developed sense of play and of care giving; but because it is extremely difficult to observe cetaceans in their natural state, little is known of their social interaction and communication in the wild.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/whale.html (1906 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - AUSTRALIA
		As a group, beaked whales are the least known of all marine mammals and there are still several species for which there are no confirmed sightings at sea, only corpses and skeletons.
		Beaked whales are big animals, and upon seeing one stranded, most bystanders have no idea what it is. They often ask whether it's a giant dolphin.
		In the other 20 odd beaked whale species the females rarely have any teeth, and the males are distinguished by either 2 or 4 teeth in one of several peculiar arrangements.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20020424_log_transcript.html (902 words)

	Mty Bay beaked whales
		Their giant head is filled with spermaceti, a reservoir of high-quality oil-like wax for which the whales were relentlessly hunted for "whale oil." There is only a rude ill-formed lump for a dorsal fin and the skin is textured with wrinkles and ridges.
		Compared to the 35-40 foot Baird's Beaked Whale and the 18-25 foot Cuvier's Beaked Whale, the various species of 8-15 foot beaked whales in the genus Mesoplodon are both mysterious and difficult to identify in the field.
		Observations of an unidentified beaked whale (Mesoplodon sp.) in the eastern tropical Pacific.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/MtyBaybeaked.html (1515 words)

	Save the Whales
		Whales and dolphins produce sounds in a variety of ways: in the nasal passages of the head by varying the opening of the nasal plug; by forcing air through a partially-opened blowhole; and from the larynx.
		These sound waves enter the whale's head and may be carried as vibrations through the lower jaw to the inner ear or bulla.
		The bulla is free floating, surrounded by a bubbly foam, and is not attached to the skull.
	www.savethewhales.org /about_whales.html (1428 words)

	Cetaceans
		Odontocetes bear teeth — typically numerous and peglike, although sometimes modified, as in the single tusk of the narwhal or the odd, fanglike lower teeth of the beaked whales.
		Some baleen whales, most famously the humpack whales, are known for the strange and complex songs they produce; their function is not clear, but unlike toothed whales, baleen whales do not use their songs for echolocation.
		These include the baleen whale families Balaenopteridae (rorqual whales, including the blue whale) and Balaenidae (right whales), and the toothed whale families Delphinidae (dolphins and killer whales), Physeteridae (sperm whales), Monodontidae (belugas and narwhals), Phocaenidae (porpoises), and Ziphiidae (beaked whales).
	www.ucmp.berkeley.edu /mammal/cetacea/cetacean.html (1271 words)

	cetacea, dolphins, whales and porpoises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The extant sub-orders are the Mysticeti (baleen whales) and the Odontoceti (toothed whales).
		These whales include the very large giant sperm whale, which reaches lengths of over 18 m and weights in excess of 53,000 kg, and the (relatively!) dimunitive pygmy sperm whale, which attains a mere 4 m in length and 320 kg in weight.
		Beaked whales have a small, falcate dorsal fin, which is set fairly far back on their bodies (well beyond the midpoint).
	www.peninsulavaldes.org /patagonia/animals/mammals/cetaceose.htm (3743 words)

	The Australian: Giant squid may be cannibals [July 28, 2005] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Three tentacles and 12 squid beak fragments were found in the stomach of the giant squid.
		While the beaks could not be identified, DNA from stomach juices and tentacle fragments all belonged to the giant squid, or Architeuthis dux.
		Whales have been found with squid in their stomachs, and battle scars believed caused by its suckers.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,16076897^1702,00.html (431 words)

	Articles - Toothed whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Toothed whales are active hunters, feeding on fish, squid, and in some cases marine mammals.
		Except for the sperm whale, most toothed whales are smaller than the baleen whales.
		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)

	Sun.Star Davao - Matina Aplaya 'dolphin' could be a rare whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		THE giant dolphin that beached and died at Matina Aplaya Tuesday night could be a beaked whale and not a bottlenose dolphin (Torpsius truncatus) as earlier theorized because of its size and the position of its dorsal fin (the fin on its back that is visible above water when the creature swims near the surface).
		Other beaked whales that are sometimes mistaken as a southern bottlenose are the Arnoux's beaked whale, the Curvier beaked whale and the Baird's beaked whale.
		The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society has no estimate of its present population and the threats to its population because it is very rarely seen and therefore not studied.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dav/2004/01/16/news/matina.aplaya.dolphin.could.be.a.rare.whale.html (950 words)

	All words on Toothed whale
		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 bycatch.
		Keeping small whales (mostly Bottlenose Dolphins, Orca or Belugas) in captivity is a great attraction for ocean parks and zoos.
	www.allwords.org /to/toothed-whale.html (578 words)

	Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP
		Arnoux's beaked whales are slate gray to light brown; the head region is generally lighter than the rest of the body.
		Arnoux's beaked whales reach a known maximum size of 9.75 m; females are probably larger than males, as is generally true in beaked whales.
		The feeding habits of Arnoux's beaked whales are assumed to be similar to those of their Northern Hemisphere relatives, Baird's beaked whales, thus consisting of benthic and pelagic fishes and cephalopods.
	seamap.env.duke.edu /species/tsn/180495 (488 words)

	CMS: Berardius bairdii, Baird's beaked whale
		Population estimates for Japanese waters are 5029 for the Pacific coast, 1260 for the eastern Sea of Japan and 660 for the southern Okhotsk Sea (Kasuya 2002).
		Baird's beaked whales are found in pelagic, temperate waters over 1,000 to 3,000 m deep, on the continental slope.
		Tomilin (1957; in Balcomb, 1989) reported that in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering sea, Baird's beaked whales arrive between April and May, and are particularly numerous in summer.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/b_bairdii/b_bairdii.htm (2008 words)

	Online Zoologists: Cetaceans, the Whales and Dolphins
		Called "right whales" because they were the "right" whales for whaling in the days of sailing vessels (they swam slower than the speed of the boats and they floated after death).
		BAIJI The baiji (BYE-chee) is the freshwater equivalent of a giant panda
		Beaked whales are deep-water, deep-diving species only rarely (and usually briefly, if still living) encountered by humans.
	www.rtis.com /nat/user/elsberry/taxa/cet.html (676 words)

	Cryptozoology.com
		But why can´t you imagine, the giant beaked whales like the 12m Baird´s beaked whale feed nearly on small squid and even the largest sperm-whales mainly in small squid.
		I know about the beaked whales and sperm whale but I don't think that Meta was like that.
		Where have you seen the skull of the ichthyosaur was similar to beaked whales.
	www.cryptozoology.com /forum/topic_view_thread.php?tid=14&pid=215438 (2360 words)

	Sonar to Blame for Beached Whales, Report Says (washingtonpost.com)
		The IWC report adds weight to theories that sonar harms the giant sea mammals, a hypothesis that has been disputed by the military and by the oil and gas industry, which uses the technology to search for energy reserves.
		The report cited examples of bizarre and self-destructive whale behavior that seemed to have been caused by military sonar, such as a mass stampede of 200 melon-headed whales into shallow water in Hawaii earlier this month during a U.S.-Japanese naval training exercise.
		Another is that the signals confuse whales in deep water, forcing them to surface quickly, causing rapid decompression and a form of the bends.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A7521-2004Jul22.html (290 words)

	bottlenose whale -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Baird's beaked, or giant bottlenose, whale (Berardius bairdii).
		Bottlenose whales are capable of long, deep dives; biologists recorded the dive of one northern bottlenose (Hyperoodon ampullatus) to almost 1,500 metres (4,900 feet)...
		The whale shark is the only member of the family Rhincodontidae, which is in the carpet shark order, Orectolobiformes.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9015877 (807 words)

	ACS sperm whale Cetacean Fact Sheet - American Cetacean Society
		Sperm whales are among the deepest diving cetaceans, and are found in all oceans of the world.
		The sperm whale's head houses a large reservoir containing spermaceti, a clear liquid oil that hardens to a waxlike consistency when cold, and has long been prized by whalers.
		Ambergris, a strange substance found in large lumps in the lower intestine of sperm whales, is formed around squid beaks that remain in the stomach.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/spermwhl.htm (1044 words)

	Willow Bend Environmental Education Center - Introduction to Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Toothed whales are of the group Odontoceti and baleen whales are Mysticeti.
		Whales are equipped with very powerful tails which give them ease of movement combined with delicate grace.
		The rise is gradual and the whale often turns slowly in the water scanning the entire horizon.
	www.edu-source.com /marine/whales.html (2072 words)

	Aquarium of the Pacific-Animal Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Baird’s beaked whale, a deep ocean inhabitant, is featured in signage in the Open Ocean Gallery and in the Passport, a visitor’s guide.
		Baird’s beaked whales are the largest of the currently known 21 species of beaked whales.
		They are odontocetes, toothed whales, and their tooth structure of two pairs of two teeth each gives them one of their common names, “four-toothed whales”.
	www.aquariumofpacific.org /ANIMAL_DATABASE/ADBindex.asp?id=127 (197 words)

	News In Science - 10/5/1999 Japan to investigate coastal whaling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Japan, two whaling ships have left the northernmost main island of Hokkaido to research the possibility of coastal whaling in the Sea of Japan.
		The whales are found widely in the ocean's northern waters.
		Japan voluntarily limits its catches of giant beaked whales, which fall outside the jurisdiction of the International Whaling Commission.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/print/print_24645.htm (129 words)

	Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP
		Baird's beaked whales are dark brownish-gray, usually heavily scarred with light scratches or splotches on the back and, often, on the undersides.
		Minke whales could, in some circumstances, be confused with Baird's beaked whales; when a good look is obtained, differences in dorsal fin shape, head shape, and coloration make the two easily distinguishable.
		Baird's beaked whales are found in deep oceanic waters of the North Pacific Ocean and the Japan, Okhotsk, and Bering seas.
	seamap.env.duke.edu /species/tsn/180496 (850 words)

	Military Sonar May Give Whales the Bends, Study Says (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		When researchers performed autopsies on beaked whales that stranded themselves in the Canary Islands September 24, 2002, they discovered signs consistent with decompression sickness in humans: gas-bubble lesions in blood vessels and tissues.
		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.org /news/2003/10/1008_031008_whalebends.html (1033 words)

	Cryptozoology.com
		The only whales which kill larger prey are orcas and some of their closer relatives like the false orca kill large prey, and their snouts are short, the teeth large and the jaws broad.
		Blue whales are not predators and wouldn't stand a chance against anything else we've discussed, unless the antagonist in question willingly allowed itself to be gummed to death.
		A Blue whale is the biggest animal ever bit a Meg, even if the whale would be a dangerous prey, would be able to stalk an kill the giant.
	www.cryptozoology.com /forum/topic_view_thread.php?tid=14&pid=211163 (4237 words)

	COMPARATIVE - Online Information article about COMPARATIVE
		BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr.
		beak is found in Ornithorhynchus, though it coexists with true teeth in the See also:
		In all these cases the beaks are formed from cornified epidermal scales.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /COM_COR/COMPARATIVE.html (3490 words)

	:::The Divine Dolphin::: Wild Dolphin, Whale & Rainforest Eco Tours in Drake Bay, Costa Rica - Whale watching, eco ...
		In all, over twenty five species of dolphins and whales are either resident or pass through the area on migration.
		You might have the opportunity to witness a new Humpback whale mom teaching her baby to breach or see several Humpback males compete for female attention.
		The beaked whales are usually seen at least 20 miles offshore and provide a rare opportunity to see a species that very few people in the world have seen.
	www.divinedolphin.com /encounters.htm (1128 words)

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