Sowerby's beaked whale
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Sowerby's beaked whale, also known as the North Atlantic or North Sea beaked whale, is a species of toothed whale. It was the first mesoplodont whale to be described. James Sowerby, an English natural
Mesoplodon bidens 2
Profile of an adult female
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Adult male head, showing teeth
Cookiecutter shark
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The cookiecutter shark, also called the cigar shark, is a species of small squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae. This shark lives in warm, oceanic waters worldwide, particularly near islands, and
Sowerby's beaked whale
…is moderately long, and the melon is slightly convex. The body pattern is dark grey above with light countershading on the bottom; it frequently has cookiecutter shark bites, and (in males) scars from teeth from fighting. The whale reaches 5 metres (16 ft) in females and 5.5 m (18 ft) in males, with a weight of…
Isistius brasiliensis
The cookiecutter shark has a short, rounded head with large, anteriorly placed eyes and a transverse mouth.
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